Neuter
Gespenst
ghost, spectre
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gspängscht
Basel-Landschaft
guzghyyr
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈʃpɛnst/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gespenst, gespenste, from Old High German gispensti (“temptation, (devilish) illusion”), from spanan (“to lure, to attract”), with ghosts interpreted as "illusions that lure one away"; see the related spannen (“to stretch, span”) for further etymology.
Spukgestalt
böser Geist
Geistererscheinung
Scheinbild
Phantasma
Schreckbild
“der schwarze Mann”
unheimliche Erscheinung
verdammte Seele
Fabeltier
Kinderschreck
fantasma
fantasma
fantôme
spook
fantasma
φάντασμα
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