spänn
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Currency, dated) spenn
Etymology 1 edit
See spänna.
Verb edit
spänn
- imperative of spänna
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown origin. Possibly derived from German Späne (“chips; money”) or English spend. Entered broader Swedish via Younger Månsing cant. According to SO attested since 1910.
Noun edit
spänn c
- (colloquial) krona, Swedish unit of currency
- Synonym: krona
- Får jag låna 20 spänn?
- Can I borrow 20 kronas?
References edit
- spänn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Arthur Thesleff (1912) Stockholms förbrytarspråk och lägre slang 1910–1912[1], page 94.