Spaten
Meaning
spade
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpaːt(ə)n/
Etymology
The word was originally restricted to Low and Central German: from Middle High German spade, spate and Middle Low German spade, both from Old Saxon spado (possibly also Old High German *spato), from Proto-Germanic *spadô, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-. Due to its northern origin the form has undergone open-syllable lengthening before -t- (which was generally blocked in Upper German). Cognate to English spade; see there for further cognates.
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Im Gegensatz zum Spaten wird auch das Zerteilen der nützlichen Regenwürmer erheblich vermindert .
In contrast to the spade, the division of the useful earthworms is also significantly reduced.
