Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sackung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sack-ung
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.

Example Sentences

"1985, G. Holmes and J. J. Jarvis, “Large-scale toppling within a sackung type deformation at Ben Attow, Scotland”, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, volume 18, number 3 (August 1985), pages 287–289."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sackung.

Inflected Forms

sackungs (plural) sackungen (plural)

Questions

What does sackung mean?: A large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.
Where does sackung come from?: Borrowed from German Sackung.

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