spechteln
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bavarian spechtln, from Middle High German spēhen (“to watch, peer, peek”), from Old High German spehōn, spiohōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Doublet of spähen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spechteln (weak, third-person singular present spechtelt, past tense spechtelte, past participle gespechtelt, auxiliary haben)
- (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to spy, to watch, to view
- (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to peep, to act as a voyeur
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | spechteln | ||||
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present participle | spechtelnd | ||||
past participle | gespechtelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spechtle ich spechtele ich spechtel |
wir spechteln | i | ich spechtele ich spechtle |
wir spechteln |
du spechtelst | ihr spechtelt | du spechtelest du spechtlest |
ihr spechtelet ihr spechtlet | ||
er spechtelt | sie spechteln | er spechtele er spechtle |
sie spechteln | ||
preterite | ich spechtelte | wir spechtelten | ii | ich spechtelte1 | wir spechtelten1 |
du spechteltest | ihr spechteltet | du spechteltest1 | ihr spechteltet1 | ||
er spechtelte | sie spechtelten | er spechtelte1 | sie spechtelten1 | ||
imperative | spechtle (du) spechtel (du) spechtele (du) |
spechtelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “spechteln” in Duden online
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