speien
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spīen, from Old High German spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną. Compare Bavarian speibm, Dutch spuwen, spugen, English spew, Danish spy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]speien (class 1 strong, third-person singular present speit, past tense spie, past participle gespien, auxiliary haben)
- to spit
- Synonym: spucken
- (euphemistic) to vomit
- Synonym: kotzen
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | speien | ||||
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present participle | speiend | ||||
past participle | gespien | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich speie | wir speien | i | ich speie | wir speien |
du speist | ihr speit | du speiest | ihr speiet | ||
er speit | sie speien | er speie | sie speien | ||
preterite | ich spie | wir spien | ii | ich spie1 | wir spien1 |
du spiest | ihr spiet | du spiest1 | ihr spiet1 | ||
er spie | sie spien | er spie1 | sie spien1 | ||
imperative | spei (du) speie (du) |
speit (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
- The past participle currently has two different pronunciations: one corresponding to gespien [ɡəˈʃpiːn] and the other to gespieen [ɡəˈʃpiːən]. Today, though, the only official spelling is gespien, regardless of pronunciation.
- Similary the conjunctive (subjunctive) is spelled spiee or spie. Both are pronounced [ˈʃpiːə], but only the latter spelling is official nowadays.
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