Spannkraft

[ˈʃpanˌkʁaft]

/[ˈʃpanˌkʁaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spannkraft” is uncommon German (frequency #75,068 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,068
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, große geistige oder körperliche Anstrengungen meistern zu können

Corpus desk

Index DE-spannkraft · Spannkraft · German

Spannkraft · rank #75,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,068
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH soziokulturel…

Nearest frequency peer: soziokulturelle (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spannkraft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spannkraft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spannkraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpannkraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpanˌkʁaft]
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,068
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spannkraft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Spannkraftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „soziokulturelle“ (#75,067), „Sozialpädagogin“ (#75,066), „souveränes“ (#75,065). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spannkraft“ bei #75,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spannkraft is uncommon German at frequency #75,068 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpanˌkʁaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Spannkraft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spannkraft, spelled S-P-A-N-N-K-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit, große geistige oder körperliche Anstrengungen meistern zu können
  2. 2
    Kraft der Spannung, zum Beispiel die einer Feder oder eines Gases

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spannkraft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat die nötige geistige Spannkraft für den Job.
  2. Meine Mutter hat in den letzten Jahren an Spannkraft verloren.

Synonyms

ExpansivkraftTension

Antonyms

Schwäche

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spannkraft"?
"Spannkraft" is spelled S-P-A-N-N-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpanˌkʁaft].
What does "Spannkraft" mean?
As a noun, "Spannkraft" means: Fähigkeit, große geistige oder körperliche Anstrengungen meistern zu können
How do you pronounce "Spannkraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spannkraft" is [ˈʃpanˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spannkraft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spannkraft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

souveränes#75,065Sportgerät#75,074Sitzreihen#75,061spätabends#75,077

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list