Span

See also: span, SPAN, spàn, spân, spãn, špan, and Spāņ

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German spān, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, shaving”). Cognate with Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”). More at spoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Span m (genitive Spanes, plural Späne)

1. chip
2. shaving
3. clipping

Further reading

• “Span” in Duden online