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German
Etymology
The word was originally restricted to Low and Central German: from Middle High German spade, spate and Middle Low German spade, both from Old Saxon spado (possibly also Old High German *spato), from Proto-Germanic *spadô, from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-. Due to its northern origin the form has undergone open-syllable lengthening before -t- (which was generally blocked in Upper German). Cognate to English spade; see there for further cognates.
Pronunciation
Noun
Spaten m (strong, genitive Spatens, plural Spaten)
- spade
Declension
Further reading
- “Spaten” in Duden online
- “Spaten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache