Spaten
See also: späten
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word was originally restricted to Low and Central German: from Middle High German spade, spate and Middle Low German spade, both from Old Saxon spado (possibly also Old High German *spato), from Proto-Germanic *spadô, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-. Due to its northern origin the form has undergone open-syllable lengthening before -t- (which was generally blocked in Upper German). Cognate to English spade; see there for further cognates.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːt(ə)n/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: sparten (many speakers), Sparten (some speakers)
- Rhymes: -aːtn̩
Noun
[edit]Spaten m (strong, genitive Spatens, plural Spaten)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Spaten [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- Rhymes:German/aːtn̩
- Rhymes:German/aːtn̩/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
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