spänen
[ˈʃpɛːnən]
The verdict
“spänen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-spanen · spänen · German
spänen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spänen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spänen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spänen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for spänen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is spänen, spelled S-P-Ä-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einen Parkettfußboden) mithilfe von Metallspänen abreiben, abziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spänen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Mann spänt sein Parkett selbst.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.