Spam

See also: spam and SPAM

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Spam

1. Alternative form of spam (tinned meat product)

Anagrams

• AMPS, APMs, MAPs, MPAs, amps, maps, pams, sAMP, samp

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English spam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Spam m or n (strong, genitive Spams, plural Spams) or
Spam f (genitive Spam, plural Spams)

1. (computing, singular only) spam
2. (computing) piece of spam

Usage notes

• Spam is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.

Declension

Declension of Spam [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Spam	die	Spams
genitive	eines	des	Spams	der	Spams
dative	einem	dem	Spam	den	Spams
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Spam	die	Spams

or

Declension of Spam [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Spam	die	Spams
genitive	einer	der	Spam	der	Spams
dative	einer	der	Spam	den	Spams
accusative	eine	die	Spam	die	Spams

Derived terms

• Spamfilter
• Spamordner

Further reading

• “Spam” in Duden online
• “Spam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache