Spanner

See also: spanner and spänner

German

Etymology

From spannen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpanɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Span‧ner

Noun

Spanner m (strong, genitive Spanners, plural Spanner)

  1. agent noun of spannen
    1. shoe tree
    2. clamp
    3. geometrid (moth of the family Geometridae)
    4. (derogatory) voyeur

Declension
Declension of Spanner [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spanner die Spanner
genitive eines des Spanners der Spanner
dative einem dem Spanner den Spannern
accusative einen den Spanner die Spanner

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Spanner” in Duden online
  • “Spanner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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