Spaan

See also: spaan and Spään

Dutch

Etymology

Probably a metonymic surname from the noun spaan (“chip, shaving”), as a similar surname is found as German Span.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spaːn/
  • Hyphenation: Spaan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Spaan

  1. a surname

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpɔːn/

Noun

Spaan m (plural Speen, diminutive Speenche)

  1. branch
  2. stick, twig

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Spaan”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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