Spatzennest
German, noun[ˈʃpat͡sn̩ˌnɛst]
Spatzennest is spelled S-P-A-T-Z-E-N-N-E-S-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spatzennest is a German neuter noun meaning “sparrow's nest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Bau von Spatzen, in dem sie ihre Eier ablegen und ausbrüten”.
What does Spatzennest mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersparrow's nest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Bau von Spatzen, in dem sie ihre Eier ablegen und ausbrüten
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 Spatzennest
- Spatzennestes genitive
- Spatzennests genitive
- Spatzennester plural
- Spatzenneste dative singular
- Spatzennestern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spatzennest?
- [ˈʃpat͡sn̩ˌnɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spatzennest in German?
Spatzennest appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).