Spondeus
German, noun/ʃpɔnˈdeːʊs/
Spondeus is spelled S-P-O-N-D-E-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written German, the 625,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spondeus is a German masculine noun meaning “spondee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “antiker Versfuß, der aus zwei langen Silben besteht (– –)”.
What does Spondeus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespondee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiker Versfuß, der aus zwei langen Silben besteht (– –)
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 Spondeus
- Spondeen plural
- Spondäus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spondeus?
- /ʃpɔnˈdeːʊs/
- /spɔnˈdeːʊs/
- [ʃpɔnˈdeːʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spondeus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spondeus in German?
Spondeus appears about once in every 98 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).