Spaß
[ʃpaːs]
The verdict
“Spaß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Freude; Vergnügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spa · Spaß · German
Spaß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spaß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpaːs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spaß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spaß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpaːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Spaß, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Spaß, spelled S-P-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Freude; Vergnügen
- 2witzige Aussage oder Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spaß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Habt ihr Spaß gehabt?
Die Arbeit macht mir keinen Spaß mehr.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.