# die Glucke

die Glucke is a German noun meaning “brooding hen”. Forms: der Glucke, die Glucken.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Glucke
- Plural: die Glucken

## In other languages

- Русский: наседка

## Meanings

1. brooding hen; hen with chicks
2. _figurative_ overprotective mother
   - Wie eine Glucke hielt Lucie ihre Kinder im Arm.
3. eggar (moth of the family Lasiocampidae)
4. cauliflower mushroom (mushroom of the genus Sparassis)
5. _Entomologie_ eggar; snout moths; lappet moths
   - Glucken sind, wie die meisten Nachtfalter, eher unauffällig gefärbt.

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