Sperber
German, noun/ˈʃpɛrbər/
Sperber is spelled S-P-E-R-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sperber is a German masculine noun meaning “sparrow hawk (bird of prey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der kleinste deutsche Greifvogel”.
What does Sperber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesparrow hawk (bird of prey)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der kleinste deutsche Greifvogel
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 Sperber
- Sperbers genitive
- Sperbern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sperber?
- /ˈʃpɛrbər/
- [ˈʃpɛʁ.bɐ]
- [ˈʃpɛɐ̯.bɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sperber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sperber in German?
Sperber appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).