spät

From Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz. Cognate with Hunsrik sped, from Low German späd, archaic Dutch spade (“late”). Probably related to sparen (“to spare, conserve”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ʃpeːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
• Rhymes: -ɛːt, -eːt

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spät (strong nominative masculine singular später, comparative später, superlative am spätesten)

1. late

   Antonym: früh

• The English phrase I'm late cannot be literally translated into German (*Ich bin spät). Colloquial German has Ich bin zu spät, and more formal versions are Ich komme zu spät and Ich bin verspätet.
• The phrase Ich bin spät dran implies slight lateness or can mean that one has been delayed but may still manage to arrive on time.

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• späterhin
• spätestens
• Späti
• Spätling
• Spätverkauf

• “spät” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “spät” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “spät” in Duden online