sprunghaften

[ˈʃpʁʊŋhaftn̩]

/[ˈʃpʁʊŋhaftn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“sprunghaften” is uncommon German (frequency #90,929 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,929
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 sprunghaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprunghaften · sprunghaften · German

sprunghaften · rank #90,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,929
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spülmaschinen

Nearest frequency peer: Spülmaschinen (+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 „sprunghaften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sprunghaften
PropertyValue
Headwordsprunghaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpʁʊŋhaftn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#90,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sprunghaften“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sprunghaftenfällt 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: „Spülmaschinen“ (#90,930), „Springers“ (#90,927), „spürbarer“ (#90,931). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprunghaften“ bei #90,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprunghaften is uncommon German at frequency #90,929 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpʁʊŋhaftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for sprunghaften in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sprunghaften, spelled S-P-R-U-N-G-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list