Spree

See also: spree

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɹeɪ/, /spɹeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophone: spray (one pronunciation)

Proper noun

Spree

1. A river in Germany that flows through Lusatia and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel.

Translations

river in Germany

• Czech: Spréva (cs) f
• French: Spree (fr) f
• Georgian: შპრეე (šṗree)
• German: Spree (de) f
• Italian: Sprea f
• Latin: Sprea
• Polish: Sprewa (pl) f
• Russian: Шпре́е f (Špréje), Шпре f (Špre), Спре́ва f (Spréva) (obsolete, rare)
• Slovak: Spréva f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Sprjewja f

  Upper Sorbian: Sprjewja f

Anagrams

• prees, peers, Reeps, spere, esper, Prees, Peres, pères, Perse, speer, Esper, Peers, per se, Serpe, perse

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Sprēwe, from Old High German Sprēwa, from a Slavic language (compare Lower Sorbian Sprjewja, Czech Spréva, Polish Sprewa), but ultimately of Germanic origin, related to spreizen (“to spread, disperse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʁeː/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Spray (one pronunciation)

Proper noun

die Spree f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Spree)

1. Spree (a river in eastern Germany)

Derived terms

• Spree-Neiße
• Spreemündung
• Spreequelle
• Spreewald

 

Further reading

• L’Encyclopédie/1re édition/SPRÉE, la

Plautdietsch

Noun

Spree f (plural --)

1. blackbird