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Spaß

Spaß

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "spas"

German

Alternative forms

Spass (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From earlier Spasso, borrowed from Italian spasso, deverbal from spassare or spassarsela, from Vulgar Latin *expassāre, from expandō (“to stretch out”). Compare Saterland Frisian Spoas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃpaːs/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ʃpas/ (regional, e.g. western Germany)
Audio (Austria): (file)
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Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Spaß m (strong, genitive Spaßes, plural Späße, diminutive Späßchen n or Späßlein n)

(uncountable) fun
(countable) joke

Usage notes

Regional diminutives are: Spaßerl, Späßken, Späßle.

Declension

Declension of Spaß [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spaß	die	Späße
genitive	eines	des	Spaßes	der	Späße
dative	einem	dem	Spaß, Spaße¹	den	Späßen
accusative	einen	den	Spaß	die	Späße

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

spaßen, spaßig, Späßchen, bespaßen

Related terms

Descendants

→ Silesian: szpas

Further reading

“Spaß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Spaß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Spaß” in Duden online
Spaß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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