"Gespan" meaning in German

See Gespan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡəˈʃpaːn]
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle High German gespan (“companion, comrade”), perhaps related to spannen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gespan||companion, comrade}} Middle High German gespan (“companion, comrade”) Head templates: {{de-noun|((<m,s:es,e>,<m.weak>))}} Gespan m (strong or weak, genitive Gespans or Gespanes or Gespanen, plural Gespane or Gespanen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|((<m,s:es,e>,<m.weak>))}} Forms: Gespans [genitive], Gespanes [genitive], Gespanen [genitive], Gespane [plural], Gespanen [plural], strong weak [table-tags], Gespan [nominative, singular], Gespane [definite, nominative, plural], Gespanen [definite, nominative, plural], Gespans [genitive, singular], Gespanes [genitive, singular], Gespanen [genitive, singular], Gespane [definite, genitive, plural], Gespanen [definite, genitive, plural], Gespan [dative, singular], Gespane [dative, singular], Gespanen [dative, singular], Gespanen [dative, definite, plural], Gespan [accusative, singular], Gespanen [accusative, singular], Gespane [accusative, definite, plural], Gespanen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dated) assistant, worker, comrade Tags: dated, masculine, strong, weak
    Sense id: en-Gespan-de-noun-DA4xdVya Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nobility Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Nobility: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɡəˈʃpaːn]
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|hu|ispán}} Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, {{der|de|sla}} Slavic Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es}} Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es}} Forms: Gespans [genitive], Gespanes [genitive], Gespane [plural], strong [table-tags], Gespan [nominative, singular], Gespane [definite, nominative, plural], Gespans [genitive, singular], Gespanes [genitive, singular], Gespane [definite, genitive, plural], Gespan [dative, singular], Gespane [dative, singular], Gespanen [dative, definite, plural], Gespan [accusative, singular], Gespane [accusative, definite, plural], Gespann [alternative]
  1. (history) Hungarian count Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Erbobergespan, Erbobergespanschaft, Gespanschaft, Obergespan, Obergespanschaft, Vizegespan, Vizegespanschaft
    Sense id: en-Gespan-de-noun-Zu8nEZ9t Categories (other): History, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nobility, People Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Nobility: 50 50 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gespann",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es"
      },
      "expansion": "Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ge‧span"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:History"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hungarian count"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "Hungarian",
          "Hungarian"
        ],
        [
          "count",
          "count"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(history) Hungarian count"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡəˈʃpaːn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gespan"
}

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