Gespan

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡəˈʃpaːn] Hyphenation: Ge‧span Rhymes: -aːn === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German gespan (“companion, comrade”), perhaps related to spannen. ==== Noun ==== Gespan m (strong or weak, genitive Gespans or Gespanes or Gespanen, plural Gespane or Gespanen) (dated) assistant, worker, comrade ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Gespan” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language. ==== Noun ==== Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane) (history) Hungarian count ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Gespann ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Gespan” in Duden online