Spaten
German
Etymology
The word was originally restricted to Low and Central German: from Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#SPATENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#SPATEN spade, spate and Middle Low GermanCategory:German terms derived from Middle Low German#SPATEN spade, both from Old SaxonCategory:German terms derived from Old Saxon#SPATEN spado (possibly also Old High German *spato), from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SPATEN *spadô. 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
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːt(ə)n/Category:German 2-syllable words#SPATENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#SPATEN
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#SPATENAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Homophones: sparten (some speakers), Sparten (some speakers)Category:German terms with homophones#SPATEN
- Rhymes: -aːtn̩Category:Rhymes:German/aːtn̩#SPATENCategory:Rhymes:German/aːtn̩/2 syllables#SPATEN
Noun
Spaten m (strong, genitive Spatens, plural Spaten)Category:German lemmas#SPATENCategory:German nouns#SPATENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#SPATENCategory:German masculine nouns#SPATENCategory:Pages with entries#SPATENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SPATEN
- spade
- (colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#SPATEN, derogatoryCategory:German derogatory terms#SPATEN) idiot, dumbass
Declension
Further reading
- “Spaten” in Duden online
- “Spaten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
- “Spaten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon