Span
German, noun/ʃpaːn/
Span is spelled S-P-A-N (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Span is a German masculine noun meaning “chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Stück Material, das als Abfall beim Sägen, Hobeln, Schleifen, Fräsen, Bohren oder Drehen anfällt”.
What does Span mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. spanisch
noun: 1. kleines Stück Material, das als Abfall beim Sägen, Hobeln, Schleifen, Fräsen, Bohren oder Drehen anfällt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Span
- Spanes genitive
- Spans genitive
- Späne plural
- Spane dative singular
- Spänen dative definite plural
- Spänchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Span?
- /ʃpaːn/
- […]
- [ʃpaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Span
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Span in German?
Span appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).