"Spaß" meaning in German

See Spaß in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃpaːs/ [standard], /ʃpas/ [regional] Audio: De-at-Spaß.ogg , De-Spaß.ogg
Rhymes: -aːs Etymology: From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbial from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|it|spasso}} Italian spasso, {{der|de|la-vul|*expassāre}} Vulgar Latin *expassāre, {{cog|stq|Spoas}} Saterland Frisian Spoas Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e|dim=^chen,^lein}} Spaß m (strong, genitive Spaßes, plural Späße, diminutive Späßchen n or Späßlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Spaßes [genitive], Späße [plural], Späßchen [diminutive, neuter], Späßlein [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Spaß [nominative, singular], Späße [definite, nominative, plural], Spaßes [genitive, singular], Späße [definite, genitive, plural], Spaß [dative, singular], Spaße [dative, singular], Späßen [dative, definite, plural], Spaß [accusative, singular], Späße [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (uncountable) fun Tags: masculine, strong, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Spaß-de-noun-AMQoUnT8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (countable) joke Tags: countable, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Spaß-de-noun-ovpM-tBU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Spass [Liechtenstein, Switzerland] Hyponyms: Heidenspaß, Höllenspaß, Mordsspaß, Riesenspaß, Regenspaß, Spielspaß, Wahnsinnsspaß Derived forms: spaßen, spaßig, Späßchen, bespaßen Related terms: Spaß machen, Späße machen, Spaßbremse, Spaßmacher [masculine], Spaßvogel [masculine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spaßen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spaßig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Späßchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bespaßen"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "szl",
            "2": "szpas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Silesian: szpas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Silesian: szpas"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "spasso"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian spasso",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*expassāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *expassāre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Spoas"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Spoas",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbial from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spaßes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaßes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Spaß m (strong, genitive Spaßes, plural Späße, diminutive Späßchen n or Späßlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Heidenspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Höllenspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mordsspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Riesenspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Regenspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Spielspaß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wahnsinnsspaß"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Spaß machen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Späße machen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Spaßbremse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaßmacher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaßvogel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fun"
      ],
      "id": "en-Spaß-de-noun-AMQoUnT8",
      "links": [
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) fun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "joke"
      ],
      "id": "en-Spaß-de-noun-ovpM-tBU",
      "links": [
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) joke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpas/",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Spaß.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/De-at-Spa%C3%9F.ogg/De-at-Spa%C3%9F.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/De-at-Spa%C3%9F.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Spaß.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/De-Spa%C3%9F.ogg/De-Spa%C3%9F.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/De-Spa%C3%9F.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland"
      ],
      "word": "Spass"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spaß"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Italian",
    "German terms derived from Italian",
    "German terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aːs",
    "Rhymes:German/aːs/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spaßen"
    },
    {
      "word": "spaßig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Späßchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bespaßen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "szl",
            "2": "szpas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Silesian: szpas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "spasso"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian spasso",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Spoas"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbial from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spaßes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaßes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späßen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spaß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Späße",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Spaß m (strong, genitive Spaßes, plural Späße, diminutive Späßchen n or Späßlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Heidenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Höllenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mordsspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Riesenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Regenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spielspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wahnsinnsspaß"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Spaß machen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Späße machen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spaßbremse"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaßmacher"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaßvogel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fun",
          "fun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) fun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "joke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) joke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpas/",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Spaß.ogg",
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/De-Spa%C3%9F.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland"
      ],
      "word": "Spass"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spaß"
}

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