Masculine
Spaß
- (masculine, strong, uncountable) fun
- (countable, masculine, strong) joke
- (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, masculine, strong) Stands in for an often well-delimited or well-established process or transaction, often sarcastically to imply that the price or effort outweighs the fun or positive effect
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpaːs/
Etymology
In summary
From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbal from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.
Related words
mischief-making
Fez
Entertainment
Überschwang
Geistesblitz
Schnurre
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