Spaß
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "spas"
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbal from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʃpaːs/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ʃpas/ (regional, e.g. western Germany)
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːs
Noun
[edit]Spaß m (strong, genitive Spaßes, plural Späße, diminutive Späßchen n or Späßlein n)
- (uncountable) fun
- (countable) joke
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of Spaß [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Silesian: szpas
Further reading
[edit]- “Spaß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spaß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Spaß” in Duden online
- Spaß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- German terms borrowed from Italian
- German terms derived from Italian
- German terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aːs
- Rhymes:German/aːs/1 syllable
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