Declension of German noun Span with plural and article

The declension of the noun Span (blade, boring) is in singular genitive Span(e)s and in the plural nominative Späne. The noun Span is declined with the declension endings es/ä-e. In the plural is an umlaut. The voice of Span is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Span but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · -s,¨-e

der Span

Span(e)s · Späne

Endings es/ä-e   Plural with umlaut  

English blade, boring, chip, elongated flake, shaving, swarf, wood chipping, woodchip, sawdust, scale of wood, scrap, shavings, splinter

kleines Stück Material, das als Abfall beim Sägen, Hobeln, Schleifen, Fräsen, Bohren oder Drehen anfällt

» Beim Hobeln fallen Späne . English When planing, shavings fall.

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Declension of Span in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derSpan
Gen. desSpanes/Spans
Dat. demSpan/Spane
Acc. denSpan

Plural

Nom. dieSpäne
Gen. derSpäne
Dat. denSpänen
Acc. dieSpäne

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Examples

Example sentences for Span


  • Beim Hobeln fallen Späne . 
    English When planing, shavings fall.
  • Wo gehobelt wird, fallen Späne . 
    English You cannot make omelets without breaking eggs.
  • Wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne . 
    English You have to break an egg to make an omelet.
  • Den Zimmermann erkennt man an den Spänen . 
    English The carpenter is recognized by the shavings.
  • Im Sägewerk ist der Boden voller Späne . 
    English In the sawmill, the floor is full of shavings.
  • Beim Schneiden mit der Blechschere entsteht kein Span . 
    English When cutting with metal shears, no chips are produced.
  • Beim Holzhacken fliegen Späne . 
    English Splinters fly when you chop wood.

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Translation of German Span


German Span
English blade, boring, chip, elongated flake, shaving, swarf, wood chipping, woodchip
Russian лучи́на, опи́лки, стру́жка, ще́пка, щепа́, щепка, обрезок, стружка
Spanish viruta, astilla, desperdicio, recorte
French copeau, limaille, chute, débris, morceau
Turkish talaş, yonga, atık, parça
Portuguese fita, lasca, limalha, cisco, pedaço, resto
Italian truciolo, riccio, scheggia, pezzo di scarto, scarto
Romanian șpan, așchie, țandără
Hungarian forgács, fadarab, fadarabok
Polish wiór, drzazga, wióry, odpad
Greek πριονίδι, ροκανίδι, κομμάτι, υλικό
Dutch houtkrul, spaan, spaander, splinter, vijlsel, zaagsel, schaafsel, spanen
Czech tříska, štěpina, odřezek, třísek
Swedish spån
Danish splint, spån
Japanese 切れ端, 端材
Catalan encenall, retall, trosset
Finnish pala, siru
Norwegian flis, spån
Basque materiala, zati txiki
Serbian komadić materijala, otpadak
Macedonian отпад
Slovenian odpadek
Slowakisch odrezok, špon
Bosnian komadić, otpadak
Croatian otpadak, trun
Ukrainian стружка, обробка
Bulgarian отпадък, стърготини
Belorussian дробка, світло
Hebrewשארית
Arabicشطفة، شظية، قصاصة
Persianخرده، پاره
Urduباقی ماندہ، چورا

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of Span

  • kleines Stück Material, das als Abfall beim Sägen, Hobeln, Schleifen, Fräsen, Bohren oder Drehen anfällt

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Declension forms of Span

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Span in all cases


The declension of Span as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Span is crucial.

Declension Span

Singular Plural
Nom. der Span die Späne
Gen. des Span(e)s der Späne
Dat. dem Span(e) den Spänen
Acc. den Span die Späne

Declension Span

  • Singular: der Span, des Span(e)s, dem Span(e), den Span
  • Plural: die Späne, der Späne, den Spänen, die Späne

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