Adjektiv

verspannter

tense, strained, uptight

Ein verspannter Nacken schmerzt oft.

A tense neck often hurts.

Er ist heute noch verspannter als gestern.

He is even more tense today than yesterday.

Die Atmosphäre im Raum war sehr verspannt.

The atmosphere in the room was very tense.

to be tense verspannt sein My shoulders are totally tense.

to feel tense sich verspannt fühlen I often feel tense after work.

angespannt (tense), verkrampft (cramped); Antonyms: entspannt (relaxed), locker (loose)

From the prefix 'ver-' (indicating something done to excess or incorrectly) + 'spannen' (to stretch, to tense). So, 'over-tensed'.

Imagine your muscles are 'spanned' or stretched too much ('ver-'). Also used for psychological tension.

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