Spund
[ʃpʊnt]
The verdict
“Spund” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zapfen, mit dem die Öffnung eines Fasses (Spundloch) verschlossen werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-spund · Spund · German
Spund · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Spund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpʊnt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spund is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Spund in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Spund, spelled S-P-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Zapfen, mit dem die Öffnung eines Fasses (Spundloch) verschlossen werden kann
- 2dünne Leiste an einem Brett, die in eine Vertiefung (Nut) eines anderen Bretts geführt wird und so die Bretter verbindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Spund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun kommt die Hefe ins Spiel, die den Zucker in Alkohol verwandelt. Bei vier Litern Bier reichen ein paar Gramm. Theresa hat dafür ein Gärgefäß aus Glas; ein Spund als Flaschenverschluss sorgt dafür, dass Kohlendioxid entweichen kann, ohne dass Schmutz ins Bier kommt.
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.