sparsam
German, adjective/ˈʃpaːʁzam/
sparsam is spelled S-P-A-R-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sparsam is a German adjective meaning “economical, thrifty, frugal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass eine Ressource (zum Beispiel Geld, Wasser oder Ähnliches) möglichst lange reicht; wenig verbrauchend”.
What does sparsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
economical, thrifty, frugal
adverb
- 1
sparingly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass eine Ressource (zum Beispiel Geld, Wasser oder Ähnliches) möglichst lange reicht; wenig verbrauchend 2. knapp bemessen, kaum ausreichend, spärlich 3. von geringem Ausmaß; wenig
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 sparsam
- sparsamer masculine nominative singular
- am sparsamsten superlative
- sparsame feminine nominative singular
- sparsames neuter nominative singular
- sparsamen genitive masculine singular
- sparsamem dative masculine singular
- der sparsame definite includes-article masculine
- die sparsame definite feminine includes-article
- das sparsame definite includes-article neuter
- die sparsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des sparsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der sparsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem sparsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sparsam?
- /ˈʃpaːʁzam/
- /ˈʃpaːʁzaːm/
- [ˈʃpaːɐ̯zaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sparsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sparsam in German?
sparsam appears 3.5 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).