Sägespan

== German == === Etymology === Equivalent to Säge or sägen +‎ Span; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagōspēnuz. Compare Plautdietsch Soagespoon n, Swedish sågspån, Faroese saguspønir m pl (“sawdust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɛːɡəˌʃpaːn/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈzeːɡə-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Sä‧ge‧span === Noun === Sägespan m (strong, genitive Sägespanes or Sägespans, plural Sägespäne) (in the singular) a thin shaving or chip of wood produced during sawing (in the plural) woodshaving, sawdust ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== Holzschnitzel Holzhackschnitzel === Further reading === “Sägespan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Sägespan” in Duden online