"Span" meaning in All languages combined

See Span on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Spans [plural]
Etymology: * As a Slovene surname, from župan (“head of a district”), from župa (“district”); compare Zupan. * As a German surname, variant of Spahn; also Spann. * As a Jewish surname from Span (“chip”) (probably through Yiddish). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|yi|-}} Yiddish Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Span (plural Spans)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Span-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Noun [German]

IPA: /ʃpaːn/ Audio: De-Span.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle High German spān, from Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu (“chip, shaving”). Cognate with Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”). More at spoon. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|spān}} Middle High German spān, {{inh|de|goh|spān||chip of wood, shaving}} Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*spānu||chip, shaving}} Proto-West Germanic *spānu (“chip, shaving”), {{cog|ang|spōn||piece of wood, chip}} Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Span m (strong, genitive Spanes or Spans, plural Späne) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Spanes [genitive], Spans [genitive], Späne [plural], strong [table-tags], Span [nominative, singular], Späne [definite, nominative, plural], Spanes [genitive, singular], Spans [genitive, singular], Späne [definite, genitive, plural], Span [dative, singular], Spane [dative, singular], Spänen [dative, definite, plural], Span [accusative, singular], Späne [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Holzspan, Metallspan, wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne
    Sense id: en-Span-de-noun-PL0P~Ypp Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Span meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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