Spuk
German, noun
Spuk is spelled S-P-U-K (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spuk is a German masculine noun meaning “collective word for apparitions or actions of ghosts, haunting, supernatural (usually frightening) occurrences” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, spuk is a different word: “singular imperative of spuken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unerklärlicher oder irritierender, bedrohlich wirkender Vorgang”.
What does Spuk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecollective word for apparitions or actions of ghosts, haunting, supernatural (usually frightening) occurrences
Wenn es kein Spuk war, muss es eine natürliche Erklärung geben.
- 2
informalmasculineany set of unusual occurrences, often stressful, but not necessarily negative
Der ganze Spuk mit der Hochzeit hat bisher eigentlich ganz gut geklappt.
- 3
masculineobsoletea ghost, spectre
verb
- 1
singular imperative of spuken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of spuken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unerklärlicher oder irritierender, bedrohlich wirkender Vorgang
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 Spuk
- Spukes genitive
- Spuks genitive
- Spuke plural
- Spuken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Spuk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spuk in German?
Spuk appears 1.7 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).