Sprössling
German, noun/ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ/
Sprössling is spelled S-P-R-Ö-S-S-L-I-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprössling is a German masculine noun meaning “offspring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist”.
What does Sprössling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffspring
- 2
masculineoffshoot, slip, sprig, scion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist 2. jemand, der aus einer bestimmten Familie stammt
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 Sprössling
- Sprösslinges genitive
- Sprösslings genitive
- Sprösslinge plural
- Sprösslingen dative definite plural
- Sprößling alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprössling?
- /ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ/
- [ˈʃpʁœslɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sprössling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sprössling in German?
Sprössling appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).