spröden

[ˈʃpʁøːdn̩]

/[ˈʃpʁøːdn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“spröden” is uncommon German (frequency #97,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,730
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde

Corpus desk

Index DE-sproden · spröden · German

spröden · rank #97,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,730
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sportgericht

Nearest frequency peer: Sportgericht (-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 „spröden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spröden
PropertyValue
Headwordspröden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpʁøːdn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spröden“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sportgericht“ (#97,729), „Spätzeit“ (#97,731), „Spätzünder“ (#97,732). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spröden“ bei #97,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spröden is uncommon German at frequency #97,730 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpʁøːdn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for spröden in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is spröden, spelled S-P-R-Ö-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde

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 "spröden"?
"spröden" is spelled S-P-R-Ö-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁøːdn̩].
What does "spröden" mean?
As an adjective, "spröden" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs spröde
How do you pronounce "spröden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spröden" is [ˈʃpʁøːdn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spröden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list