Speed
German, noun/spiːt/
Speed is spelled S-P-E-E-D (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Speed is a German neuter noun meaning “speed (amphetamine-based drug)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “synthetisch hergestellte Substanz aus der Stoffgruppe der Phenylethylamine”.
What does Speed mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterslangspeed (amphetamine-based drug)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. synthetisch hergestellte Substanz aus der Stoffgruppe der Phenylethylamine
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 Speed
- Speeds genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Speed?
- /spiːt/
- [spiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Speed
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Speed in German?
Speed appears 8.9 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).