Meaning

1 senses
  1. A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.

    Kuckucksuhr

    часы с кукушкойčasy s kukuškoj

    clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom bought a cuckoo clock, but his husband can't stand the noise.

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  2. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock – the old cuckoo clock was ticking on the wall.

  3. Are you going to buy yourself a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Tom? If so, leave enough room in your case.

    ruТы собираешься покупать себе в Шварцвальде часы с кукушкой, Том? Если да, то оставь свободное место в чемодане. — Wezel

    deWirst du dir im Schwarzwald eine Kuckucksuhr kaufen, Tom? Dann lass dir genügend Platz im Koffer! — raggione

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: cuckoo clocks
Singularcuckoo clock
Pluralcuckoo clocks

regular

See also

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