"Spannung" meaning in German

See Spannung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃpanʊŋ/ Audio: De-Spannung.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From spannen + -ung. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|spannen|-ung}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "-unga", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "-ung", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-ung", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Spannung", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Spannung">, {{suf|de|spannen|-ung}} spannen + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Spannung f (genitive Spannung, plural Spannungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Spannung [genitive], Spannungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Spannung [nominative, singular], Spannungen [definite, nominative, plural], Spannung [genitive, singular], Spannungen [definite, genitive, plural], Spannung [dative, singular], Spannungen [dative, definite, plural], Spannung [accusative, singular], Spannungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. voltage Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Spannung-de-noun-AREucG2e
  2. tension Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Spannung-de-noun-SuG4RODp Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 14 59 28 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 74 20 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 13 59 28 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 92 4
  3. (uncountable) suspense (emotion of anticipation, excitement, anxiety or apprehension) Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Spannung-de-noun-kkH5r2g5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Abspannung, Anspannung, Gleichspannung, Scherspannung, Seilspannung, Stromspannung, Überspannung, Wechselspannung Derived forms: Bespannung, Verspannung Related terms: Spannungsabfall, Spannungserhöhung, Spannungsmessgerät, Spannungsstoß, Spannungswandler, Umspanner, Stromstärke

Inflected forms

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    },
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    {
      "form": "Spannung",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Spannungen",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "Spannung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "word": "Anspannung"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gleichspannung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Scherspannung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Seilspannung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Stromspannung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Überspannung"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Wechselspannung"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spannungsabfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spannungserhöhung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spannungsmessgerät"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spannungsstoß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spannungswandler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Umspanner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Stromstärke"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "voltage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "tension"
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        "(uncountable) suspense (emotion of anticipation, excitement, anxiety or apprehension)"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃpanʊŋ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "word": "Abspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gleichspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scherspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seilspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stromspannung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Überspannung"
    },
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Spannungsabfall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spannungserhöhung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spannungsmessgerät"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spannungsstoß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spannungswandler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Umspanner"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stromstärke"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        [
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      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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}

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