Spree

Meaning

Spree (a river in eastern Germany)

Concepts

Spree

spree

Translations

Spree

Sprea

Spree

Rio Spree

Spree

Río Spree

Sprée

Spreha

Spree

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃpʁeː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: Sprēwe

Inherited from Old High German: Sprēwa

Cognate with Lower Sorbian: Sprjewja

Cognate with Czech: Spréva

Cognate with Polish: Sprewa

In summary

From Middle High German Sprēwe, from Old High German Sprēwa, from a Slavic language (compare Lower Sorbian Sprjewja, Czech Spréva, Polish Sprewa), but ultimately of Germanic origin, related to spreizen (“to spread, disperse”).