Spatium

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See also: spatium

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːt͡si̯ʊm/, /ˈspaː-/
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Noun

Spatium n (strong, genitive Spatiums, plural Spatien)

  1. (typography) word space (regular space between words)
    Synonyms: Leerraum, Weißraum, Wortzwischenraum
    • 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern :
      [] nicht nur, daß er [Rilke] seine Manuskripte sorgfältig auf schönstem Papier mit seiner kalligraphisch runden Hand schrieb, daß wie nachgemessen mit dem Zollstab jede Zeile zur andern in gleicher Schwebe stand: auch für den gleichgültigsten Brief wählte er erlesenes Papier, und regelmäßig, rein und rund ging seine kalligraphische Schrift hart heran bis an das Spatium.
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  2. (higher register) Synonym of Zwischenraum

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Further reading

  • Spatium” in Duden online
  • Spatium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache