Spitzwegerich
German, noun[ˈʃpɪt͡sˌveːɡəˌʁɪç]
Spitzwegerich is spelled S-P-I-T-Z-W-E-G-E-R-I-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spitzwegerich is a German masculine noun meaning “ribwort (Plantago lanceolata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wegerich mit spitzen, lanzettförmigen Blättern mit fünf Nervenbahnen und bräunlich blühenden, kolbenartigen…”.
What does Spitzwegerich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineribwort (Plantago lanceolata)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wegerich mit spitzen, lanzettförmigen Blättern mit fünf Nervenbahnen und bräunlich blühenden, kolbenartigen Ähren
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 Spitzwegerich
- Spitzwegerichs genitive
- Spitzwegeriche plural
- Spitzwegerichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spitzwegerich?
- [ˈʃpɪt͡sˌveːɡəˌʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spitzwegerich in German?
Spitzwegerich appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).