spannend
German, adjective/ˈʃpanənt/
spannend is spelled S-P-A-N-N-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spannend is a German adjective meaning “thrilling, exciting, gripping, enthralling, spellbinding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of spannen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spannung (Erregung, Neugier) hervorrufend, oft ein (meist) angenehmes Gefühl des Grusels oder der gebannten…”.
What does spannend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thrilling, exciting, gripping, enthralling, spellbinding
- 2
interesting
verb
- 1
present participle of spannen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Spannung (Erregung, Neugier) hervorrufend, oft ein (meist) angenehmes Gefühl des Grusels oder der gebannten Faszination erzeugend 2. (sehr) interessant
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 spannend
- spannender masculine nominative singular
- am spannendsten superlative
- spannende feminine nominative singular
- spannendes neuter nominative singular
- spannenden genitive masculine singular
- spannendem dative masculine singular
- der spannende definite includes-article masculine
- die spannende definite feminine includes-article
- das spannende definite includes-article neuter
- die spannenden definite includes-article nominative
- des spannenden definite genitive includes-article
- der spannenden definite feminine genitive
- dem spannenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spannend?
- /ˈʃpanənt/
- [ˈʃpanənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spannend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spannend in German?
spannend appears 27 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).