Spind

[ʃpɪnt]

/[ʃpɪnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Spind” is uncommon German (frequency #54,900 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,900
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schmaler, verschließbarer Kleiderschrank (in Umkleideräumen und Soldatenstuben)

Corpus desk

Index DE-spind · Spind · German

Spind · rank #54,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,900
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spektakuläres

Nearest frequency peer: spektakuläres (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Spind“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spind“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Spind
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpind
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃpɪnt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,900
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Spind“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Spindfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „spektakuläres“ (#54,899), „Spinnern“ (#54,901), „Sprachunterricht“ (#54,903). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Spind“ bei #54,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Spind is uncommon German at frequency #54,900 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schmaler, verschließbarer Kleiderschrank (in Umkleideräumen und Soldatenstuben)".

No misspelling variants are generated for Spind in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Spind, spelled S-P-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    schmaler, verschließbarer Kleiderschrank (in Umkleideräumen und Soldatenstuben)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Spind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bevor man den Lesesaal der Bibliothek betreten darf, muss man seine Jacke und Taschen in einem Spind einschließen.
  2. „Gegen Ende der Lehrzeit bekam ich einen Spind im Garderobenraum der Bühnentechniker des Großen Hauses.“

This word in other languages

locker(English)armario(Español)casier(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Spind"?
"Spind" is spelled S-P-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpɪnt].
What does "Spind" mean?
As a noun, "Spind" means: schmaler, verschließbarer Kleiderschrank (in Umkleideräumen und Soldatenstuben)
How do you pronounce "Spind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Spind" is [ʃpɪnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Spind" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Spind", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

somme#54,891summt#54,932Sasse#54,856proud#54,816

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list