Spittel
German, noun/ˈʃpɪtl̩/
Spittel is spelled S-P-I-T-T-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spittel is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative form of Spital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krankenhaus, Spital, heute meist als Bezeichnung für historische Spitalgebäude”.
What does Spittel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteralternative form of Spital
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krankenhaus, Spital, heute meist als Bezeichnung für historische Spitalgebäude
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 Spittel
- Spittels genitive
- Spitteln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spittel?
- /ˈʃpɪtl̩/
- [ˈʃpɪtl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spittel in German?
Spittel appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).