# spannen
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch spannen, from Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɑ.nə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑnən

### Verb

spannen
* to strain, to put tension on
* to stretch

#### Derived terms

* gespannen
* spannend
* span, spanne
* spanning
* aanspannen
* bespannen
* de kroon spannen
* inspannen
* ontspannen
* opspannen
* overspannen
* verspannen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: span
* Sranan Tongo: span
** Saramaccan: sipán
** → Caribbean Javanese: sepang
* → Papiamentu: span

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German spannen, from Old High German spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃpanən/, [ˈʃpann̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

spannen (weak, third-person singular present spannt, past tense spannte, past participle gespannt, auxiliary haben)
* to stretch
* to tighten
* to tension
* to be taut
* to harness
** 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Das Geheimnis des Zuni, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 3–4:
    Vor jeden Wagen waren acht indianische Mustangs gespannt.Eight Indian mustangs were harnessed in front of each wagon.
* to span
* (colloquial) to stare, gaze
* (colloquial) to peep, spy on someone

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* abspannen
* anspannen
* aufspannen
* ausspannen
* bespannen
* dazwischenspannen
* einspannen
* entspannen
* Gespann
* nachspannen
* Spannbeton
* Spanne
* Spanner
* Spannung
* Spannweite
* überspannen
* umspannen
* verspannen
* vorspannen
* zurückspannen

### Further reading

* “spannen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “spannen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “spannen” in Duden online
* “spannen” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan. Cognate with German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, English spin, Swedish spinna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃpɑnən]

### Verb

spannen (third-person singular present spënnt, past participle gesponnen, auxiliary verb hunn)
* (transitive or intransitive) to spin (make yarn)
* (intransitive) to be crazy, wacky, to hold a strange opinion about something
* (intransitive, of cats) to purr

#### Related terms

* Spann
* Spëndel

### See also

* spanen

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

### Verb

spannen
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: spannen
* Limburgish: spanne

### Further reading

* “spannen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spannen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English spannan, from Proto-Germanic *spannaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspanən/

### Verb

spannen
* (transitive, rare) To tie around, wrap.
* (transitive, rare) To forcibly take, to confiscate.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) spannen, spanne | (to) spannen, spanne |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | spanne | spanned |
| 2nd-person singular | spannest | spannedest |
| 3rd-person singular | spanneth | spanned |
| subjunctive singular | spanne | spanned |
| imperative singular | spanne | — |
| plural$^1$ | spannen, spanne | spanneden, spannede |
| imperative plural | spanneth, spanne | — |
| participles | spannynge, spannende | spanned, yspanned |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: (to) span

#### References

* “spannen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

## Swedish
### Noun

spannen
* definite singular of spann c (“bucket; archaic unit of volume”)
* definite plural of spann n (“span; archaic unit of distance; group of draft animals”)

### Anagrams

* pennans

## West Frisian
### Noun

spannen
* plural of span