how to pronounce девка

/ˈdʲefkə/

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девка is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of девка in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… разных плазму девка разным млекопитающим …”

meanings of девка

noun:

  1. Wench, girl, bird, broad.
  2. Whore, tart, strumpet.
  3. Maid.

девка frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word девка occurs in russian on average 1.5 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.

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