how to pronounce дедушка

/ˈdʲedʊʂkə/

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дедушка is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… может быть дедушка это может быть …”

meanings of дедушка

noun:

Top of the house, ninety in the lotto game.
Grandfather.
Old man.

дедушка frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word дедушка occurs in russian on average 18.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.