Sprungbein
[ˈʃpʁʊŋˌbaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Sprungbein” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dasjenige Bein, mit dem man sich (bevorzugt) bei einem Sprung vom Boden abdrückt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprungbein · Sprungbein · German
Sprungbein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sprungbein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁʊŋˌbaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprungbein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sprungbein is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁʊŋˌbaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Sprungbein in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sprungbein, spelled S-P-R-U-N-G-B-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1dasjenige Bein, mit dem man sich (bevorzugt) bei einem Sprung vom Boden abdrückt
- 2Knochen, der den Fuß mit dem Bein verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sprungbein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter hat sich das Sprungbein gebrochen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.