spendeten

[ˈʃpɛndətn̩]

/[ˈʃpɛndətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“spendeten” is uncommon German (frequency #64,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,719
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden

Corpus desk

Index DE-spendeten · spendeten · German

spendeten · rank #64,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,719
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spielfigur

Nearest frequency peer: Spielfigur (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „spendeten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „spendeten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spendeten
PropertyValue
Headwordspendeten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpɛndətn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spendeten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).spendetenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spielfigur“ (#64,720), „sonntäglichen“ (#64,717), „Spielvereinigung“ (#64,721). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spendeten“ bei #64,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spendeten is uncommon German at frequency #64,719 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpɛndətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spendeten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is spendeten, spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spendeten"?
"spendeten" is spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛndətn̩].
What does "spendeten" mean?
As a verb, "spendeten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs spenden
How do you pronounce "spendeten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spendeten" is [ˈʃpɛndətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spendeten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spendeten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sittliche#64,713splittern#64,725separater#64,704steuerbar#64,737

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list