Spesen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian spese, plural of spesa (“expense, expenditure”), from Latin expēnsa (“idem”).[1][2] The word was borrowed into the German merchant's jargon of the 17th century, receiving a native plural ending -n.[1] Earlier attestations (15th, 16th century) exist in Upper German sources in varying forms such as despessa, spesa, spessa, speise, speiz.[1] Compare German Speise (“meal, foodstuff”), an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpeːzən/, [ˈʃpeːzn̩]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Spe‧sen

Noun[edit]

Spesen pl (plural only)

  1. charges, costs and expenses incurred in the performance of one′s job that are reimbursed by the employer; (allowable, travel and entertainment/T&E) expenses
    geringe, hohe, horrende Spesen
    low, high, horrendous expenses
    Spesen abrechnen, erstatten, haben, machen
    to submit a claim for, to settle, to have, to make expenses
    die Spesen tragen, übernehmen, zahlen
    to bear/to carry, (to agree) to pay, to pay the costs/expenses
    Spesen eingeschlossen
    charges included
    nach Abzug der Spesen, bei Verzicht auf Spesen
    after deduction of expenses, with waiving of expenses
    Alle angefallenen Spesen wurden ihm erstattet.
    He was reimbursed for any expenses incurred.
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] ‎[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 76; republished as Helen T. Lowe-Porter, transl., 1984:
      Nach Frankfurt wurden als Entschädigungssumme 25000 gezahlt: macht 595000, und so hätten die Dinge bei Vaters Tode gelegen, wären alle diese Spesen nicht im Laufe der Jahre durch rund 200000 Kurantmark Verdienst korrigiert worden.
      Twenty-five thousand to Frankfort[sic], as compensation on the house, leaves five hundred and ninety-five thousand—which is what we should have had at Father′s death if we hadn′t partly made up for all these expenses through years, by a profit of some two hundred thousand marks current.
    • 1947, Hans Fallada: Jeder stirbt für sich allein. Roman. 1st edition, Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin, p. 243 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 12, 2015)
      Translation:
      2010, Hans Fallada; Michael Hofmann (translator): Every Man Dies Alone. 6th printing, Melville House Publishing, New York, p. 226 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 12, 2015):
      »Ich möchte noch um einen kleinen Vorschuss gebeten haben, Herr Kommissar. Nein um keinen Verschuss«, verbesserte er sich, »sondern um Geld für meine Spesen«.
      “May I ask the inspector for a little advance first? No, not so much an advance,” Borkhausen corrected himself, “as some cash toward my expenses.”
    • 1977, Anna Seghers: Das siebte Kreuz. Roman. 6th edition, Luchterland, Darmstadt/Neuwied, p. 66 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 12, 2015):
      »Gut. Zwei Beiträge werden vorausbezahlt. Und einer davon deckt ihnen die Spesen. […]«
      “Good. Two articles will be paid in advance. One of them will cover your expenses. […]”

Declension[edit]

Declension of Spesen [pl-only]
plural
def. noun
nominative die Spesen
genitive der Spesen
dative den Spesen
accusative die Spesen

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “Spesen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  2. ^ “Spesen” in Duden online

Further reading[edit]

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