spurten
[ˈʃpʊʁtn̩]
The verdict
“spurten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Geschwindigkeit auf das Höchste beschleunigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spurten · spurten · German
spurten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | spurten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʊʁtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spurten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spurten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpʊʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Geschwindigkeit auf das Höchste beschleunigen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for spurten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is spurten, spelled S-P-U-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Geschwindigkeit auf das Höchste beschleunigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spurten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder spurten schnell zum Spielplatz.
Der Libero spurtet 25 Meter übers Feld.
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.