# der Spuk

der Spuk is a German noun meaning “trouble”. Forms: des Spukes, die Spuke.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Spukes
- Plural: die Spuke

## In other languages

- Русский: привидение, призрак, нечистая сила

## Meanings

1. _uncountable_ collective word for apparitions or actions of ghosts, haunting, supernatural (usually frightening) occurrences
   - Wenn es kein Spuk war, muss es eine natürliche Erklärung geben. — If it wasn't ghosts, there must be a natural explanation for it.
2. _colloquial · uncountable_ any set of unusual occurrences, often stressful, but not necessarily negative
   - Der ganze Spuk mit der Hochzeit hat bisher eigentlich ganz gut geklappt. — All those dealings with the wedding have actually worked out pretty well up until now.
3. _countable · archaic_ a ghost, spectre
4. trouble
   - „Der Spuk hatte im Sommer 1981 begonnen.“

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