how to pronounce spaß

/ʃpaːs/

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the above transcription of spaß is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

spaß is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

aː

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An example use of spaß in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… schon und das was spaß macht das sage …”

meanings of spaß

noun:

Fun.
Joke.

spaß frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word spaß occurs in german on average 201.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.