hespan – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of hespan

Noun: hespan
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:
Sg.hespan
Pl.hespannen; hespanen

Sample Sentences

  • Eſpannen diemen in Nederlandt Schobben noemt / is een ſeer warm Bont / ende uyttermaten gheſont vor yemandt die hem beſeert / ofte verlempt heeft. (Raccoons who are called schobs in the Netherlands / is an animal with a very warm fur / and extremely healthy for someone who has harmed / or lamed it.) [1656, Adriaen van der Donck, Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant, (Gelijck het tegenwoordigh in Staet is) Begrijpende de Nature, Aert, gelegentheyt en vruchtbaerheyt van het selve Landt, page 38:]
  • Den Espan, en de Vos, de Mink, en Haas, / De Mater, en Eenkhooren: die de baas / In 't vluchten speeld: en nochtans is het aas / van grage monden: (Raccoon and fox, with marten, mink and hare; / The nimble squirrels, leaping through the air / And flying; which, to craving stomachs, are / Baits most decoying.) [1661, Jacob Steendam, ’t Lof van Nuw-Nederland [Praise of New Netherland]:]
  • rum and beer for 2 raccoons
  • pr 2 bern hoyden en 1 hespan (1722 May 25)
  • per 2 bear hides and 1 raccoon
  • pr 10 hespannen (1726) [1719–1726, The Account Book, in Kees-Jan Waterman, "A Section From The ‘Account Book, 1711-1729’ [in Dutch]" (2011), in Kees-Jan Waterman & J. Michael Smith (eds.), Munsee Indian Trade in Ulster County, New York, 1712-1732, Philip John Schuyler Papers, Vol. 11, Syracuse University Press. an rom en bier voor 2 hespanen (1719/1720)]

Nouns inflected like hespan

pylon, hespan, pion,

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Algonquian *e·hsepana
3. Munsee éespanbor.
4. Dutch hespan
5. Borrowed from Munsee éespan, from Proto-Algonquian *e·hsepana. Cognate to Swedish espan and Jersey Dutch häspân. See: Swedish Nouns 'espan'.

Verbs referencing "hespan"

Swedish Nouns espan.

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