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German
Etymology
From Middle High German gespenst, gespenste, from Old High German gispensti (“temptation, (devilish) illusion”), from spanan (“to lure, to attract”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Gespenst n (strong, genitive Gespenstes or Gespensts, plural Gespenster)
- ghost, spectre
- 1847, Karl Marx et al., Das Kommunistische Manifest:
Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus.- A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism.
Declension
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