The large German Spitz comes in white, black or brown. The small and medium German Spitz come in a variety of colors including white, black, brown, orange, grey-shaded, and other colors.

Large (Große) Spitz: 16” – 20” (45 ± 5 cm) – Average size is 17.7”; average 30-50 lbs
Medium (Mittel) Spitz: 12” – 15.9” (35 ± 5 cm) – Average size is 13.8”; average 15-25 lbs.
Small (Kleine) Spitz: 8” – 11.9” (27 ± 3 cm) – Average size is 10.6”; average 10-11 lbs

Males larger than females, especially gross males

Large size – White, black, brown, and parti-color of black, brown and sable. In black and brown only, white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible.

Medium and Small Sizes – White, black, brown, orange, grey-shaded, cream, cream-sable, orange-sable, black and tan, black and silver, and parti-colored.

  • White should be pure white. However, a trace of biscuit or cream, especially on the ears, is permissible.
  • Blacks have a black undercoat and outercoat and a black skin. The outercoat should be a shiny black without bronzing.
  • Browns should be uniformly dark brown.
  • In black and brown only, white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible.
  • Oranges should be evenly colored in the medium color range. The chest, the tail and the trousers may be a lighter shade of orange.
  • Grey-shaded are a silver-grey with black hair-tips. Muzzle and ears are dark in color. The eyes are well defined with a delicately penciled black line slanting from outer corner of eye to lower corner of ear, coupled with distinct markings and shading forming short but expressive eyebrows. The mane and ruff may be lighter. The legs are silver-grey without any black markings, except slight penciling is permissible on the toes. The tail is black-tipped and the underside of tail is a pale silver-gray.
  • Parti-coloreds must have white as the main color. The patches must be uniformly in one color, either black, brown, grey-shaded sable, orange, orange-sable, cream or cream-sable. Patches are preferably distributed over the whole body. Black mask is permissible in sables and creams and parti-colors thereof.

Disqualification: merle.