Those seem to have that kind of elongated abdomen.
This is probably the most important first glance detail that allows you to really narrow it down, so you've done well on that. But, as you realised (I noticed the edit, more on that later), it's not actually that narrow.
My first thought was Clubionidae, then Gnaphosidae. But I can't really give you a better reason other than "because it looked like them". It's just experience from looking at tens of thousands of spider pictures. And none of your suggestions are bad on first glance.
more on that later
It's great that you edited in more options after, means you were still engaged in looking up alternatives after giving your answer, doubting yourself ... I do that all the time :D
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Can anyone ID this spider for me? [Northern Germany] | Spyke
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You'll have to take a picture from above to get any useful ID.
This is the only one I have unfortunately. I've been told the spider was mostly black or a very dark shade of brown.
Well, then the best I can do is suggest Scotophaeus sp. with a big maybe attached.
Finding ventral views for comparison is a pain.
Thanks, that seems pretty close!
George!
Perhaps European Nursery Web Spider, giant house spider, false wolf spider or even raft spider if near water.
Those seem to have that kind of elongated abdomen.
This is probably the most important first glance detail that allows you to really narrow it down, so you've done well on that. But, as you realised (I noticed the edit, more on that later), it's not actually that narrow.
My first thought was Clubionidae, then Gnaphosidae. But I can't really give you a better reason other than "because it looked like them". It's just experience from looking at tens of thousands of spider pictures. And none of your suggestions are bad on first glance.
It's great that you edited in more options after, means you were still engaged in looking up alternatives after giving your answer, doubting yourself ... I do that all the time :D