Sputum
German, noun/ˈʃpuːtʊm/
Sputum is spelled S-P-U-T-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sputum is a German neuter noun meaning “sputum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schleimiges Sekret der tiefen Atemwege, das abgehustet wird”.
What does Sputum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersputum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schleimiges Sekret der tiefen Atemwege, das abgehustet wird
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 Sputum
- Sputums genitive
- Sputa plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sputum?
- /ˈʃpuːtʊm/
- /ˈspuːtʊm/
- [ˈʃpuːtʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sputum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sputum in German?
Sputum appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).