Gespan

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈʃpaːn]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧span
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German gespan (companion, comrade), perhaps related to spannen.

Noun

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Gespan m (strong or weak, genitive Gespans or Gespanes or Gespanen, plural Gespane or Gespanen)

  1. (dated) assistant, worker, comrade
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

Noun

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Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane)

  1. (history) Hungarian count
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