Gespann
German (Berlin)
/ɡəˈʃpan/
noun
Definitions
- team (of yoked animals)
- a group of close partners, especially a pair of two
- horse and cart, horse and carriage; oxcart
- a caravan of connected vehicles
- (Swiss) a lath framework
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gespan (companion, comrade, partner, welt, clasp, frame) inherited from Old High German gespan (clasp, chain, bracelet) prefix from German spannen (yoke, span).
Origin
German (Berlin)
spannen
Gloss
yoke, span
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clearspan English
- cospan English
- endspan English
- forspan English
- handspan English
- healthspan English
- inspan English
- legspan English
- lifespan English
- linkspan English
- mainspan English
- makespan English
- midspan English
- outspan English
- overspan English
- span English
- spanless English
- spannable English
- spanner English
- spanwise English
- spanworm English
- subspan English
- supraspan English
- tetraspan English
- timespan English
- widespan English
- wingspan English
- yepsen English
- - m German
- Erbe German
- Erbobergespann German
- Gespan German
- Obergespann German
- Spanner German
- Spannrahmen German
- abspannen German
- einspannen German
- entspannen German
- főispán German
- hu German
- spannen German
- verspannen German
- vorspannen German
- eedgespan Dutch, Flemish
- gespan Dutch, Flemish
- spanne Middle English
- palmspan Old Norse
- gespan Middle Dutch
- gespan Old High German
- gespan Middle High German
- spannen Middle High German
- Gspaane Alemannic German