Spitzenprädator
German, noun/ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩pʁɛ(ː)ˌdaːtoːɐ̯/
Spitzenprädator is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-E-N-P-R-Ä-D-A-T-O-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzenprädator is a German masculine noun meaning “apex predator (organism atop the food chain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Prädator, der an der Spitze der Nahrungskette steht”.
What does Spitzenprädator mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapex predator (organism atop the food chain)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prädator, der an der Spitze der Nahrungskette steht
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 Spitzenprädator
- Spitzenprädators genitive
- Spitzenprädatoren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spitzenprädator?
- /ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩pʁɛ(ː)ˌdaːtoːɐ̯/
- /-pʁeː-/
- [ˈʃpɪt͡sn̩pʁɛˌdaːtoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spitzenprädator in German?
Spitzenprädator appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).