spreiten
German, verb[ˈʃpʁaɪ̯tn̩]
spreiten is spelled S-P-R-E-I-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spreiten is a German verb meaning “wings, arms, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas ausbreiten”.
What does spreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedwings, arms, etc.
Die Vögel spreiten ihre Flügel.
- 2
archaicfabrics or anything foldable
Er spreitet eine Decke über den Tisch.
- 3
obsoleteseeds, blossoms, or anything that is thrown and scattered
Sie spreitet Blüten auf die Straße.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas ausbreiten
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 spreiten
- spreitet present singular third-person
- spreitete past
- gespreitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- spreitend participle present
- spreite first-person indicative present
- spreitest indicative present second-person
- spreiteten first-person indicative plural
- spreitetest indicative preterite second-person
- spreitetet indicative plural preterite
- spreit imperative second-person singular
- habe gespreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gespreitet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- spreit! imperative singular
- spreite! imperative singular
- spreitet! imperative plural
- gespreitet haben active infinitive perfect
- gespreitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spreiten?
- [ˈʃpʁaɪ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spreiten in German?
spreiten appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).