Sprung
German, noun/ʃpʁʊŋ/
Sprung is spelled S-P-R-U-N-G (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprung is a German masculine noun meaning “jump, leap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feiner Riss in einem festen Material”.
What does Sprung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejump, leap
- 2
masculinecrack
Die Schüssel hat einen Sprung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feiner Riss in einem festen Material 2. Bewegung eines Lebewesens durch die Luft durch Abspringen mit dem Bein/den Beinen 3. eine Übung in einer bestimmten Disziplin 4. plötzliche Änderung oder deutlicher Unterschied, der durch Unterbrechung der Kontinuität entstanden ist
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 Sprung
- Sprunges genitive
- Sprungs genitive
- Sprünge plural
- Sprunge dative singular
- Sprüngen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprung?
- /ʃpʁʊŋ/
- [ʃpʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sprung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sprung in German?
Sprung appears 15 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).