Spannweite
German, noun[ˈʃpanvaɪ̯tə]
Spannweite is spelled S-P-A-N-N-W-E-I-T-E (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spannweite is a German feminine noun meaning “wingspan, span (distance between the tips of the wings of an insect, bird or craft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten wie Flügelspitzen bei Vögeln, Insekten oder Flugzeugen”.
What does Spannweite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewingspan, span (distance between the tips of the wings of an insect, bird or craft)
- 2
femininespan (distance a bridge covers)
- 3
femininespan (distance between two things or ideas)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten wie Flügelspitzen bei Vögeln, Insekten oder Flugzeugen 2. Entfernung, die bei einer Brücke, bei einem Bogen oder Ähnlichem überspannt wird 3. Abstand, Entfernung, Strecke zwischen geometrischen Formen, Punkten in Diagrammen, bei Messwerten
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 Spannweite
- Spannweiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spannweite?
- [ˈʃpanvaɪ̯tə]
- [ˈʃpanˌvaɪ̯tə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spannweite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spannweite in German?
Spannweite appears 1.3 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).