Spielsucht
German, noun[ˈʃpiːlˌzʊxt]
Spielsucht is spelled S-P-I-E-L-S-U-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielsucht is a German feminine noun meaning “addiction to gambling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbeherrschbarer innerer Drang, an Glücksspielen teilzunehmen”.
What does Spielsucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaddiction to gambling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unbeherrschbarer innerer Drang, an Glücksspielen teilzunehmen
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 Spielsucht
- Spielsüchte plural
- Spielsüchten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spielsucht?
- [ˈʃpiːlˌzʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spielsucht in German?
Spielsucht 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).