spröde
German, adjective/ˈʃpʁøːdə/
spröde is spelled S-P-R-Ö-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spröde is a German adjective meaning “brittle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “brüchig, leicht reißend”.
What does spröde mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brittle
- 2
rough, chapped (skin)
- 3
prudish, reserved, aloof, restrained, prim
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. brüchig, leicht reißend 2. ausgetrocknet, ungeschmeidig, rau 3. steif, nur schwer zugänglich
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 spröde
- spröder masculine nominative singular
- am sprödesten superlative
- sprödes neuter nominative singular
- spröden genitive masculine singular
- sprödem dative masculine singular
- der spröde definite includes-article masculine
- die spröde definite feminine includes-article
- das spröde definite includes-article neuter
- die spröden definite includes-article nominative
- des spröden definite genitive includes-article
- der spröden definite feminine genitive
- dem spröden dative definite includes-article
- den spröden dative definite includes-article
- spröd variant rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spröde?
- /ˈʃpʁøːdə/
- [ˈʃpʁøːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spröde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spröde in German?
spröde appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).