штука

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtuka]

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• Hyphenation: шту‧ка
• Rhymes: -uka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)

1. pike (fish)

Borrowed from German Stuka, from Sturzkampfflugzeug (“dive bomber”).

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)

1. Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

• “штука” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), in turn from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂtukə]

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шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чный, diminutive шту́чка)

1. piece, each (in counting items)

   Свеча́ — одна́ шту́ка ― Svečá — odná štúka ― Candle — one each (= one candle)

2. thing

   Что э́то за шту́ка?

   Što éto za štúka?

   What sort of thing is this?

   Вот так шту́ка!

   Vot tak štúka!

   What a mess!

3. (colloquial) thousand

   Он мне шту́ку ба́ксов до́лжен ― On mne štúku báksov dólžen ― He owes me a thousand bucks.

4. Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

• штука́рь m anim (štukárʹ)
• штуке́нция f (štukéncija)
• штуко́вина f (štukóvina)
• шту́чный (štúčnyj)
  • пошту́чный (poštúčnyj), пошту́чно (poštúčno)

Phrases

• в шту́ках (v štúkax)
• вот так шту́ка (vot tak štúka)
• не шту́ка (ne štúka)

Borrowed

• кунштю́к m (kunštjúk)
• мундшту́к m (mundštúk)

• кусо́к m (kusók)
• часть f (častʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “штука”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “штука”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 426
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “штукенция”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• ту́шка (túška), шу́тка (šútka)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

шту̏ка f (Latin spelling štȕka)

1. pike

• “штука”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “штука”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “штука”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtukɐ]

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шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чний, diminutive шту́чка)

1. piece (single item belonging to a class of similar items)

   за шту́ку ― za štúku ― apiece, per piece, each

2. (colloquial) thing (various senses)

   Synonym: (noncolloquial) річ f (rič)

   ось у чо́му шту́ка ― osʹ u čómu štúka ― here's the thing, that's the thing

3. (colloquial) piece (an artistic creation)
4. (colloquial) piece of work (person who has a strong and unusual personality)
5. (colloquial) trick (mischievous or annoying behaviour; a prank)
6. (colloquial) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

   Synonyms: трюк m (trjuk), фо́кус m (fókus)

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, uncountable) (dialectal)

1. art

   Synonym: (nondialectal) мисте́цтво n (mystéctvo)

2. skill

   Synonyms: (nondialectal) умі́ння n (umínnja), (nondialectal) майсте́рність f (majstérnistʹ)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “штука”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “штука”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “штука”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “штука”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “штука”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “штука”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)