Sparren
German, noun/ˈʃpaʁən/
Sparren is spelled S-P-A-R-R-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sparren is a German masculine noun meaning “rafter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die schräg in der Falllinie des Daches angebrachten Traghölzer, auf denen die Dachlatten angebracht sind”.
What does Sparren mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerafter
- 2
masculinechevron
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die schräg in der Falllinie des Daches angebrachten Traghölzer, auf denen die Dachlatten angebracht sind 2. Heroldsbild, das zwei rechts und links der gedachten Wappenmittellinie schräg abfallende, an der Spitze miteinander verbundene Balken darstellt 3. eine leichte geistige Anomalie, eine kleine Verrücktheit, ein Spleen
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 Sparren
- Sparrens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sparren?
- /ˈʃpaʁən/
- [ˈʃpaʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sparren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sparren in German?
Sparren appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).