Spürnase
German, noun[ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌnaːzə]
Spürnase is spelled S-P-Ü-R-N-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spürnase is a German feminine noun meaning “nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr empfindliche/gute Nase (beispielsweise eines Hundes)”.
What does Spürnase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenose
- 2
femininesleuth, private eye
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr empfindliche/gute Nase (beispielsweise eines Hundes) 2. ein feines Gespür für etwas/jemanden (beispielsweise für geschäftliche Gelegenheiten) oder ein besonderer Instinkt für das Entdecken oder die Aufklärung von etwas (beispielsweise eines Polizisten, ein Verbrechen aufzuklären)
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 Spürnase
- Spürnasen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spürnase?
- [ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌnaːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spürnase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spürnase in German?
Spürnase appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).