sparrig
German, adjective/ˈʃpaʁɪç/
sparrig is spelled S-P-A-R-R-I-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sparrig is a German adjective meaning “squarrose (having elements of an essential plant body growing off to the sides)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Seite abstehend”.
What does sparrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
squarrose (having elements of an essential plant body growing off to the sides)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Seite abstehend
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 sparrig
- sparriger masculine nominative singular
- am sparrigsten superlative
- sparrige feminine nominative singular
- sparriges neuter nominative singular
- sparrigen genitive masculine singular
- sparrigem dative masculine singular
- der sparrige definite includes-article masculine
- die sparrige definite feminine includes-article
- das sparrige definite includes-article neuter
- die sparrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des sparrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der sparrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem sparrigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sparrig?
- /ˈʃpaʁɪç/
- [ˈʃpaʁɪç]
- [ˈʃpaʁɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sparrig in German?
sparrig appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).