Gespenst
German, noun/ɡəˈʃpɛnst/
Gespenst is spelled G-E-S-P-E-N-S-T (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gespenst is a German neuter noun meaning “ghost, spectre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geist; ein meist Furcht einflößendes, übernatürliches Wesen”.
What does Gespenst mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterghost, spectre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geist; ein meist Furcht einflößendes, übernatürliches Wesen 2. etwas Gewaltiges und Unheimliches, das schwer zu fassen ist und doch beherrschend im Raum steht oder untrennbar mit einer Sache verbunden ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gespenst
- Gespenstes genitive
- Gespensts genitive
- Gespenster plural
- Gespenste dative singular
- Gespenstern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gespenst?
- /ɡəˈʃpɛnst/
- [ɡəˈʃpɛnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gespenst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gespenst in German?
Gespenst appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).