Sperre
German, noun
Sperre is spelled S-P-E-R-R-E (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sperre is a German feminine noun meaning “barrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, sperre is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bauwerk, das den freien Verkehr einschränkt”.
What does Sperre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarrier
- 2
femininecut
- 3
feminineban
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Bauwerk, das den freien Verkehr einschränkt 2. die Verhinderung einer Tätigkeit 3. Konstruktion zur Verhinderung einer Bewegung oder eines Ablaufes 4. Teilnahmeverbot an sportlichen Wettkämpfen
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 Sperre
- Sperren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sperre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sperre in German?
Sperre appears 5.9 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).