Sperling
German, noun/ˈʃpɛʁlɪŋ/
Sperling is spelled S-P-E-R-L-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sperling is a German masculine noun meaning “sparrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Vogelfamilie, kleine Finkenvögel mit kegelförmigem Schnabel, leben von Sämereien und Insekten”.
What does Sperling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesparrow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Vogelfamilie, kleine Finkenvögel mit kegelförmigem Schnabel, leben von Sämereien und Insekten
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 Sperling
- Sperlings genitive
- Sperlinge plural
- Sperlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sperling?
- /ˈʃpɛʁlɪŋ/
- [ˈʃpɛʁlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sperling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sperling in German?
Sperling 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).