See also: spontán

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spontan (feminine spontane)

  1. spontaneous

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin spontāneus, from Latin sponte (suā) (of one's free will, voluntarily).

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  • IPA(key): /ʃpɔnˈtaːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːn

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spontan (strong nominative masculine singular spontaner, comparative spontaner, superlative am spontansten)

  1. spontaneous
  2. ad hoc

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  • spontan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spontan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spontan” in Duden online

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From Dutch spontaan, from German spontan, from Latin spontāneus.

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spontan

  1. spontaneous:
    1. self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
      Synonym: serta merta
    2. done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
      Synonym: wajar

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spontan (neuter singular spontant, definite singular and plural spontane)

  1. spontaneous
    en spontan abort - a miscarriage (also spontanabort)

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spontan (neuter singular spontant, definite singular and plural spontane)

  1. spontaneous
    ein spontan abort - a miscarriage (also spontanabort)

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Borrowed from French spontané, from Latin spontaneus.

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spontan m or n (feminine singular spontană, masculine plural spontani, feminine and neuter plural spontane)

  1. spontaneous

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /spôntaːn/
  • Hyphenation: spon‧tan

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spȍntān (definite spȍntānī, comparative spontaniji, Cyrillic spelling спо̏нта̄н)

  1. spontaneous

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin spontaneus.

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spontan (comparative spontanare, superlative spontanast)

  1. spontaneous

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Inflection of spontan
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spontan spontanare spontanast
Neuter singular spontant spontanare spontanast
Plural spontana spontanare spontanast
Masculine plural3 spontane spontanare spontanast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spontane spontanare spontanaste
All spontana spontanare spontanaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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