Feminine

Spende

Meaning

donation (that which is donated, given as charity; the act of donating)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

goob

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spänd

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spändi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpɛndə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German spënde, from Old High German spenta, either nominalized from spentōn (“to donate; to spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), or borrowed from Medieval Latin spenda, spenta (“alms, charity”).

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