Spürsinn
German, noun/ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn/
Spürsinn is spelled S-P-Ü-R-S-I-N-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spürsinn is a German masculine noun meaning “nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit von Menschen oder Tieren, etwas aufzuspüren”.
What does Spürsinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenose
- 2
masculineinstinct, intuition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit von Menschen oder Tieren, etwas aufzuspüren 2. Fähigkeit, auch schwierige/verborgene Probleme zu lösen
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 Spürsinn
- Spürsinnes genitive
- Spürsinns genitive
- Spürsinne plural
- Spürsinnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spürsinn?
- /ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn/
- [ˈʃpyːɐ̯ˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spürsinn in German?
Spürsinn appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).