Translation

1. fun masculine, strong, uncountable

   Spaß haben

   to have fun

   Spaß machen

   to be fun

2. joke countable, masculine, strong

   sich einen Spaß erlauben

   to make a joke, to play a prank

3. Stands in for an often well-delimited or well-established process or transaction, often sarcastically to imply that the price or effort outweighs the fun or positive effect colloquial, derogatory, humorous, masculine, strong

   der ganze Spaß

   all of that, the whole thing

   Beim letzten Formular habe ich aus Versehen das Fenster geschlossen. Jetzt darf ich den ganzen Spaß nochmal machen.

   I accidentally closed the window on the last form. Now I get to do the whole thing all over.

   Ich musste mit dem Auto in die Werkstatt, und am Ende hat der Spaß mehr als 500 Euro gekostet.

   I had to see a mechanic about the car, and it ended up costing me more than 500 euros.

   Wie die Branchenführer in der Ski-Industrie halten sich auch die Brett- und Segelmacher ihre eigenen Teams. Zwar klagt Klaus Dreher, Teamchef des Münchner Surfbrett-Herstellers »Hi-Fly" ^([sic]): »Der Spaß kostet uns jährlich eine Million Mark«, doch diese Investitionen zahlen sich offenbar aus.

   Much like the top players in the ski industry, the board and sail manufacturers have teams of their own. Klaus Dreher, team principal for the Munich-based surfboard manufacturer "Hi-Fly", might complain: "This is costing us a million marks per year", but the investments appear to be paying off.

Declension

Translation

to joke; to jest; to frolic

singular imperative of spaßen

1. singular imperative of spaßen form-of, imperative, singular

Translation

1. craic source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
2. fling source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
3. gag; laugh; jape source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

Translation

1. fun source:wikdict-en-de-stardict