Spaß
German, noun
Spaß is spelled S-P-A-SS (4 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spaß is a German masculine noun meaning “fun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, spaß is a different word: “singular imperative of spaßen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freude; Vergnügen”.
What does Spaß mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefun
Spaß haben
- 2
masculinejoke
sich einen Spaß erlauben
- 3
colloquialderogatorymasculineStands in for an often well-delimited or well-established process or transaction, often sarcastically to imply that the price or effort outweighs the fun or positive effect
der ganze Spaß
verb
- 1
singular imperative of spaßen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Freude; Vergnügen 2. witzige Aussage oder Handlung
noun: 1. Heilbad (als Kurort oder in Kurorten); Heilquelle, Mineralquelle 2. Bereich in Hotels, Ferienanlagen, der als Schwimmbad, zur Wasseranwendung, als Sauna, Entspannungsraum, Fitnessraum oder zur Gesundheitspflege, Massage genutzt wird 3. Spa Hotel, Spa Resort, Day Spas, Portable Spas
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 Spaß
- Spaßes genitive
- Späße plural
- Späßchen diminutive neuter
- Späßlein diminutive neuter
- Spaße dative singular
- Späßen dative definite plural
- Spass alternative Liechtenstein Switzerland
- Spas nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Spaß
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spaß in German?
Spaß appears 6.6 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).