Spaß
Meaning
- (masculine,strong,uncountable) fun
- (countable,masculine,strong) joke
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpaːs/
Etymology
From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbial from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.
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Sentences
Dem eigentlich als Spaß gedachten Unternehmen folgte ein 1 Vertrag mit Virgin Records.
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In 1999 he was asked by a friend to record a song, which was meant for fun but was followed by a contract with EMI.
