Spur
German, noun/ʃpuːr/
Spur is spelled S-P-U-R (4 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spur is a German feminine noun meaning “trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft”.
What does Spur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
- 2
femininetrail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
- 3
femininelead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
- 4
femininelane (of a street, road)
- 5
femininetrack
- 6
femininetrace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft 2. durch Fortbewegung bewirkte Markierung auf dem Boden 3. sehr kleine Menge 4. fest vorgegebene Bahn einer Fortbewegung
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 Spur
- Spuren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spur?
- /ʃpuːr/
- [ʃpu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [ʃpuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spur in German?
Spur appears 34 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).