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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈʃpaːn]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧span
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German gespan (companion, comrade), perhaps related to spannen.

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Gespan m (strong or weak, genitive Gespans or Gespanes or Gespanen, plural Gespane or Gespanen)

  1. (dated) assistant, worker, comrade
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

Noun edit

Gespan m (strong, genitive Gespans or Gespanes, plural Gespane)

  1. (history) Hungarian count
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