spannen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch spannen, from Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.nə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɑnən === Verb === spannen to strain, to put tension on to stretch ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: span → Manado Malay: span Sranan Tongo: span Saramaccan: sipán → Caribbean Javanese: sepang → Papiamentu: span == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German spannen, from Old High German spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpanən/, [ˈʃpann̩] === Verb === spannen (weak, third-person singular present spannt, past tense spannte, past participle gespannt, auxiliary haben) to stretch to tighten to tension to be taut to harness 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Das Geheimnis des Zuni, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 3–4: to span (colloquial) to stare, gaze (colloquial) to peep, spy on someone ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “spannen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “spannen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “spannen” in Duden online “spannen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃpɑnən] === Verb === spannen (third-person singular present spënnt, past participle gesponnen, auxiliary verb hunn) (transitive or intransitive) to spin (make yarn) (intransitive) to be crazy, wacky, to hold a strange opinion about something (intransitive, of cats) to purr ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Spann Spëndel === See also === spanen == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną. === Verb === spannen This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: spannen Limburgish: spanne === Further reading === “spannen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “spannen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspanən/ === Verb === spannen (transitive, rare) To tie around, wrap. (transitive, rare) To forcibly take, to confiscate. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: (to) span ==== References ==== “spannen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018. == Swedish == === Noun === spannen definite singular of spann c (“bucket; archaic unit of volume”) definite plural of spann n (“span; archaic unit of distance; group of draft animals”) === Anagrams === pennans == West Frisian == === Noun === spannen plural of span