sperrangelweit
German, adverb[ˈʃpɛʁʔanɡl̩ˌvaɪ̯t]
sperrangelweit is spelled S-P-E-R-R-A-N-G-E-L-W-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sperrangelweit is a German adverb meaning “wide, as widely as possible (of the opening or openness of a door or window)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz weit, so weit, wie es die Angeln zulassen; weit offen, so weit geöffnet wie nur irgend möglich”.
What does sperrangelweit mean in English?
adverb
- 1
wide, as widely as possible (of the opening or openness of a door or window)
Das Fenster stand sperrangelweit offen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. ganz weit, so weit, wie es die Angeln zulassen; weit offen, so weit geöffnet wie nur irgend möglich
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 sperrangelweit
- sperrangelbreit variant
- sperrwagenweit variant
- sperrangelweiter positive nominative strong
- sperrangelweite positive nominative strong
- sperrangelweites positive nominative strong
- sperrangelweiten positive genitive strong
- sperrangelweitem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sperrangelweit?
- [ˈʃpɛʁʔanɡl̩ˌvaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sperrangelweit in German?
sperrangelweit appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).