spannen

From Middle Dutch spannen, from Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.nə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑnən

spannen

1. to strain, to put tension on
2. to stretch

• Afrikaans: span
• Sranan Tongo: span
  • Saramaccan: sipán
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sepang
• → Papiamentu: span

From Middle High German spannen, from Old High German spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpanən/, [ˈʃpann̩]

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spannen (weak, third-person singular present spannt, past tense spannte, past participle gespannt, auxiliary haben)

1. to stretch
2. to tighten
3. to tension
4. to be taut
5. to harness
   • 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Das Geheimnis des Zuni, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 3–4:

     Vor jeden Wagen waren acht indianische Mustangs gespannt.

     Eight Indian mustangs were harnessed in front of each wagon.

6. to span
7. (colloquial) to stare, gaze
8. (colloquial) to peep, spy on someone

• “spannen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “spannen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “spannen” in Duden online
• “spannen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan. Cognate with German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, English spin, Swedish spinna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpɑnən]

spannen (third-person singular present spënnt, past participle gesponnen, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to spin (make yarn)
2. (intransitive) to be crazy, wacky, to hold a strange opinion about something
3. (intransitive, of cats) to purr

• Spann
• Spëndel

• spanen

From Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

spannen

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• Dutch: spannen
• Limburgish: spanne

• “spannen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spannen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspanən/

spannen

1. (transitive, rare) To tie around, wrap.
2. (transitive, rare) To forcibly take, to confiscate.

• English: (to) span

• “spannen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.

spannen

1. definite singular of spann c (“bucket; archaic unit of volume”)
2. definite plural of spann n (“span; archaic unit of distance; group of draft animals”)

• pennans

spannen

1. plural of span