spalten
German, verb
spalten is spelled S-P-A-L-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spalten is a German verb meaning “to split (something); to cleave; to chop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Spalten is a different word: “plural of Spalte”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Instrument der Länge nach teilen”.
What does spalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to split (something); to cleave; to chop
- 2
to split up; to become divided
noun
- 1
plural of Spalte
noun
- 1
dative plural of Spalt
noun
- 1
neutergerund of spalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Instrument der Länge nach teilen 2. der Länge nach gespalten werden; in zwei Teile auseinanderbrechen 3. entzweien, teilen (Gruppe von Personen), eine Einheit auflösen
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 spalten
- spaltet present singular third-person
- spaltete past
- gespalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- spaltend participle present
- spalte first-person indicative present
- spaltest indicative present second-person
- spalteten first-person indicative plural
- spaltetest indicative preterite second-person
- spaltetet indicative plural preterite
- spalt imperative second-person singular
- habe gespalten first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gespalten first-person indicative multiword-construction
- spalte! imperative singular
- spaltet! imperative plural
- gespaltet participle-2 perfect
- gespalten haben irregular active infinitive
- gespalten werden irregular processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to spalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spalten in German?
spalten appears 6.2 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).