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Gespenst
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gespenst
German
Etymology
From de gmh gespenst, gmh gespenste, from de goh gispensti temptation, (devilish) illusion, from goh spanan to lure, to attract, with ghosts interpreted as "illusions that lure one away"; see the related de spannen to stretch, span for further etymology.Gespenst
Pronunciation
de /ɡəˈʃpɛnst/
de De-Gespenst.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s,er
ghost, spectre
1847, Karl Marx et al., Das Kommunistische Manifest:
de Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus. A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism.
Declension
n,(e)s,er
Derived terms
de gespenstlich Nachtgespenst
References
Further reading
de Horror