See Gespann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s"
},
"expansion": "Gespann m (strong, genitive Gespannes or Gespanns, plural Gespanne)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Ge‧spann"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Gespan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of Gespan"
],
"links": [
[
"Gespan",
"Gespan#German"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡəˈʃpan/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-an"
}
],
"word": "Gespann"
}
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