Spende
German, noun
Spende is spelled S-P-E-N-D-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spende is a German feminine noun meaning “donation (that which is donated, given as charity; the act of donating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, spende is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine freiwillige, unentgeltliche Gabe für einen wohltätigen Zweck in Form von Geld, Sach- oder…”.
What does Spende mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedonation (that which is donated, given as charity; the act of donating)
eine Spende geben
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine freiwillige, unentgeltliche Gabe für einen wohltätigen Zweck in Form von Geld, Sach- oder Dienstleistungen
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 Spende
- Spenden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Spende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spende in German?
Spende appears 11 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).