how to pronounce specht

/ʃpɛçt/

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specht is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… denen dann hier der specht gesucht hat …”

meanings of specht

noun:

Picid (member of the Picidae family of birds).
Woodpecker (member of the Picinae subfamily of birds).

name:

A surname.

specht frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word specht occurs in german on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.