Sprit
German, noun/ʃpʁɪt/
Sprit is spelled S-P-R-I-T (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprit is a German masculine noun meaning “gasoline, petrol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kraftstoff, Benzin”.
What does Sprit mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinegasoline, petrol
- 2
informalmasculinefuel (for motor vehicles)
- 3
colloquialmasculineslangbrandy, spirits
- 4
colloquialmasculineslangbooze, any alcoholic drink
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kraftstoff, Benzin 2. Alkohol, Schnaps, Branntwein, Weingeist
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 Sprit
- Sprits genitive
- Sprite nominative plural
- Sprites genitive singular
- Spriten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprit?
- /ʃpʁɪt/
- [ʃpʁɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sprit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sprit in German?
Sprit appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).