spätestens
German, adverb[ˈʃpɛː.təs.tn̩s]
spätestens is spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-S-T-E-N-S (10 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spätestens is a German adverb meaning “at the latest, not later than” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht später als”.
What does spätestens mean in English?
adverb
- 1
at the latest, not later than
- 2
if not before
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nicht später als
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce spätestens?
- [ˈʃpɛː.təs.tn̩s]
- [ˈʃpɛːtəstn̩s]
- [ˈʃpeːtəstn̩s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spätestens in German?
spätestens appears 35 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).