Rittersporn
German, noun/ˈʁɪtɐˌʃpɔʁn/
Rittersporn is spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-S-P-O-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rittersporn is a German masculine noun meaning “any plant belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pflanze aus der Gattung der Hahnenfußgewächse”.
What does Rittersporn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany plant belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pflanze aus der Gattung der Hahnenfußgewächse
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 Rittersporn
- Ritterspornes genitive
- Rittersporns genitive
- Rittersporne plural
- Ritterspornen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rittersporn?
- /ˈʁɪtɐˌʃpɔʁn/
- [ˈʁɪtɐˌʃpɔʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rittersporn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rittersporn in German?
Rittersporn appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).