sprengten

[ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩]

/[ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“sprengten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,796 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,796
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprengten · sprengten · German

sprengten · rank #63,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,796
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sportveransta…

Nearest frequency peer: Sportveranstaltung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sprengten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sprengten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sprengten
PropertyValue
Headwordsprengten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,796
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sprengten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sprengtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sportveranstaltung“ (#63,795), „stad“ (#63,798), „spezialisierter“ (#63,792). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprengten“ bei #63,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprengten is uncommon German at frequency #63,796 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sprengten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sprengten, spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprengten"?
"sprengten" is spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩].
What does "sprengten" mean?
As a verb, "sprengten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sprengen
How do you pronounce "sprengten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprengten" is [ˈʃpʁɛŋtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sprengten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprengten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stattlich#63,801steiniger#63,802sortierte#63,783Teebeutel#63,834

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list