Spitzbube
German, noun/ˈʃpɪt͡sˌbuːbə/
Spitzbube is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-B-U-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzbube is a German masculine noun meaning “rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Spitzbube mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerascal
- 2
masculineJammy Dodger (kind of jammy biscuit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Spitzbube
- Spitzbuben genitive
- Spitzbübin diminutive neuter
- Spitzbub alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spitzbube?
- /ˈʃpɪt͡sˌbuːbə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spitzbube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spitzbube in German?
Spitzbube appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).