kaputtsparen
German, verb[kaˈpʊtˌʃpaːʁən]
kaputtsparen is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T-S-P-A-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaputtsparen is a German verb meaning “to break something by saving too much money on maintenance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so lange sehr wenig Geld ausgeben, bis Schäden entstehen”.
What does kaputtsparen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break something by saving too much money on maintenance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so lange sehr wenig Geld ausgeben, bis Schäden entstehen
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 kaputtsparen
- spart kaputt present singular third-person
- sparte kaputt past
- kaputtgespart participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kaputtsparend participle present
- kaputtzusparen infinitive infinitive-zu
- spare kaputt first-person indicative present
- sparen kaputt first-person indicative plural
- sparst kaputt indicative present second-person
- sparest kaputt second-person singular subjunctive
- sparet kaputt plural second-person subjunctive
- sparten kaputt first-person indicative plural
- spartest kaputt indicative preterite second-person
- spartet kaputt indicative plural preterite
- spar kaputt! imperative singular
- spare kaputt! imperative singular
- spart kaputt! imperative plural
- kaputtgespart haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaputtsparen?
- [kaˈpʊtˌʃpaːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kaputtsparen in German?
kaputtsparen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).