Ursprung
German, noun/ˈuːrʃprʊŋ/
Ursprung is spelled U-R-S-P-R-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ursprung is a German masculine noun meaning “origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitpunkt, Ort oder Material, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist”.
What does Ursprung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorigin
Viele Volkstrachten haben ihren Ursprung in dieser Zeit.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitpunkt, Ort oder Material, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist 2. Schnittpunkt der Koordinatenachsen
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 Ursprung
- Ursprunges genitive
- Ursprungs genitive
- Ursprünge plural
- Ursprunge dative singular
- Ursprüngen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ursprung?
- /ˈuːrʃprʊŋ/
- [ˈʔuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋ]
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ursprung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ursprung in German?
Ursprung appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).