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spät

"spät" means "late" in German. It is number 437 on the frequency list, in A1 (adj).

Meaning

late

IPA

/ʃpɛːt/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Zu spät.
  Too late.
  Tatoeba: MUIRIEL / Swift
• Es ist spät.
  It's late.
  Tatoeba: Sprachprofi / CK
• Schon so spät?
  Is it already so late?
  Tatoeba: MikeDee / sharris123

Learned together

In the course, "spät" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• ruhig quiet
• ziemlich pretty, quite, rather, fairly,…
• sogar even, actually, in fact
• kurz short, quick, brief
• je ever

← ruhigziemlich →