Spiritus
German, noun/ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/
Spiritus is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-U-S (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spiritus is a German masculine noun meaning “alcohol, chiefly for technical use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hauch, Atem (Hauchlaut); Lebenshauch, Geist”.
What does Spiritus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealcohol, chiefly for technical use
- 2
masculinebreathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence
- 3
masculinerarebreath, whiff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hauch, Atem (Hauchlaut); Lebenshauch, Geist 2. gut brennbare Flüssigkeit, (vergällter) Alkohol; Weingeist 3. diakritisches Zeichen in der griechischen Schrift, um einen Stimmeinsatz mit oder ohne Behauchung anzuzeigen
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 Spiritus
- Spiritusse plural
- Spiritussen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spiritus?
- /ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/
- /ˈʃpɪ-/
- /ˈspiː.ʁi.tʊs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spiritus in German?
Spiritus appears 1.2 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).