"Spaß" meaning in German

See Spaß in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃpaːs/, /ʃpas/ Audio: De-at-Spaß.ogg [Austria], 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: {{m|de|Spasso}} Spasso, {{bor|de|it|spasso}} Italian spasso, {{m|it|spassare}} spassare, {{m|it|spassarsela}} spassarsela, {{der|de|la-vul|*expassāre}} Vulgar Latin *expassāre, {{m|la|expandō||to stretch out}} expandō (“to stretch out”), {{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 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  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

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      "word": "Mordsspaß"
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      "word": "Riesenspaß"
    },
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      "word": "Regenspaß"
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      "word": "Spielspaß"
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    },
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    "German terms derived from Italian",
    "German terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:German/aːs",
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      "word": "Späßchen"
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    },
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      "word": "Höllenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mordsspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Riesenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Regenspaß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spielspaß"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Spaß machen"
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    {
      "word": "Späße machen"
    },
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      "word": "Spaßbremse"
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}

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