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Gespan.

assistant, worker, comrade

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɡəˈʃpaːn]
  1. assistant, worker, comrade

    dated · masculine · strong · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German gespan (“companion, comrade”), perhaps related to spannen.

noun[ɡəˈʃpaːn]
  1. Hungarian count

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hungarian ispán, from a Slavic language.

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