Spielverderberin
German, noun/ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˌdɛʁbəʁɪn/
Spielverderberin is spelled S-P-I-E-L-V-E-R-D-E-R-B-E-R-I-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielverderberin is a German feminine noun meaning “female spoilsport, killjoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ursprünglich: weibliche Person, die Regeln des Spiels und des Spielens bewusst missachtet”.
What does Spielverderberin mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale spoilsport, killjoy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ursprünglich: weibliche Person, die Regeln des Spiels und des Spielens bewusst missachtet 2. weibliche Person, die aus einer allgemeinen Erwartungshaltung ausbricht
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 Spielverderberin
- Spielverderberinnen plural
- Spielverderber masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spielverderberin?
- /ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˌdɛʁbəʁɪn/
- [ˈʃpiːlfɛɐ̯ˌdɛʁbəʁɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spielverderberin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spielverderberin in German?
Spielverderberin appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).