Spürsinn
[ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn]
The verdict
“Spürsinn” is uncommon German (frequency #99,119 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,119
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit von Menschen oder Tieren, etwas aufzuspüren
Corpus desk
Index DE-spursinn · Spürsinn · German
Spürsinn · rank #99,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,119
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spässen
Nearest frequency peer: Spässen (-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 „Spürsinn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spraydose
Spraydose
886 corpus weight
- Springersti…
Springerstiefel
885 corpus weight
- spähte
spähte
884 corpus weight
- Spässen
Spässen
883 corpus weight
- Spürsinn
Spürsinn
882 corpus weight
- SRT
SRT
881 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Spürsinn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Spürsinn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spürsinn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spürsinn is uncommon German at frequency #99,119 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Spürsinn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Spürsinn, spelled S-P-Ü-R-S-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit von Menschen oder Tieren, etwas aufzuspüren
- 2Fähigkeit, auch schwierige/verborgene Probleme zu lösen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spürsinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Barbaro, der mich mit dem allen Venezianern eigenen Spürsinn erkannte, kam auf mich zu und beglückwünschte mich; als er aber sah, daß ich nicht antwortete, entfernte er sich wieder.“
„Mit etwas Spürsinn lässt sich eine heilige Quelle oder ein Heilbrunnen in der Nähe fast jeder deutschen Gemeinde finden – eine Tradition, die gerade ausstirbt, aber viele Jahrtausende in unsere Vergangenheit zurückreicht.“
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.
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