Sparte
German, noun
Sparte is spelled S-P-A-R-T-E (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sparte is a German feminine noun meaning “division, branch, sector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, sparte is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “definierter Teil eines größeren Ganzen”.
What does Sparte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedivision, branch, sector
- 2
femininesection (thematic area in a press organ)
- 3
feminineunderground conduit
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive II
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. definierter Teil eines größeren Ganzen 2. thematischer Bereich in einem Presseorgan
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 Sparte
- Sparten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Sparte in German?
Sparte appears 4.3 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).