how to pronounce trunk

/tʁʊŋk/

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trunk is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of trunk in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… mächtiger trunk er kommt aus dem …”

meanings of trunk

noun:

A drink, generally mixed of several ingredients, and often for medical or magical effect; a potion.
The act of drinking.
Any drink.

trunk frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word trunk occurs in german on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.