Masculine

Span

Meaning

chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spoon

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spränsel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spränzel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sprysse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpaːn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German spān, from Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu (“chip, shaving”). Cognate with Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”). More at spoon.

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