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Danish
Etymology
From spænde (“to tighten”) + -ing. Compare German Spannung.
Pronunciation
Noun
spænding c (singular definite spændingen, plural indefinite spændinger)
- excitement
2012, Stig Dalager, Labyrinten - Broerne til verden 2, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Det sidste spor fra krigsårene: I et brev til Trude Graz roser han de “hjemlige” wienerske schnitzler og venter “fuld af spænding” og med mange “farkys” på hendes ankomst til byen.- The last trace of the war years: In a letter to Trude Graz, he compliments the “home-like” Viennese schnitzels and waits, “full of excitement” and with many “dad-kisses” for her arrival in the city.
2009, Søren Hein Rasmussen, Den kolde krigs billeder, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 102:Handlingen er fuld af spænding, overraskelser, snigskytter og nervekrig indtil det endelige voldsomme opgør.- The story was full of excitement, surprises, snipers and nerve war until the final violent struggle.
2012, Jesper Buch, Kick Ass: Fra kælder til milliard, Art People, →ISBN:Jeg forlod Cochrane House fuld af spænding og entusiasme.- I left Cochrane House full of excitement and enthusiasm.
- (physics) stress (force causing deformation)
Declension
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