sprunghaft
German, adjective[ˈʃpʁʊŋhaft]
sprunghaft is spelled S-P-R-U-N-G-H-A-F-T (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprunghaft is a German adjective meaning “erratic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu unbeständigen, impulsiven Handlungen neigend”.
What does sprunghaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
erratic
- 2
volatile
- 3
skittish
- 4
rapid, sharp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu unbeständigen, impulsiven Handlungen neigend 2. plötzlich, nicht in einzelnen Schritten zunehmend
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 sprunghaft
- sprunghafter masculine nominative singular
- am sprunghaftesten superlative
- sprunghafte feminine nominative singular
- sprunghaftes neuter nominative singular
- sprunghaften genitive masculine singular
- sprunghaftem dative masculine singular
- der sprunghafte definite includes-article masculine
- die sprunghafte definite feminine includes-article
- das sprunghafte definite includes-article neuter
- die sprunghaften definite includes-article nominative
- des sprunghaften definite genitive includes-article
- der sprunghaften definite feminine genitive
- dem sprunghaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sprunghaft?
- [ˈʃpʁʊŋhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sprunghaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sprunghaft in German?
sprunghaft appears 1.2 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).