spitz
Appearance
See also: Spitz
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Spitz, from spitz (“pointed”); so called from the tapering shape of its muzzle.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /spɪts/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪts
Noun
[edit]spitz (plural spitzes)
- Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spitz”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Cimbrian
[edit]Noun
[edit]spitz m
References
[edit]- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spiz, spitze, from Old High German spizzi. Related to Spitze.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spitz (strong nominative masculine singular spitzer, comparative spitzer, superlative am spitzesten)
- pointed, pointy
- sharp
- spiky
- (colloquial) horny
- 2004 March 18, “Gar nicht spitz”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Eigentlich sagt der Volksmund ja „Lakritz macht spitz“. Die gegenteilige Befürchtung ist erst im vergangenen Jahr wieder wissenschaftlich untersucht worden.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of spitz
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spitz | sie ist spitz | es ist spitz | sie sind spitz | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spitzer | spitze | spitzes | spitze |
genitive | spitzen | spitzer | spitzen | spitzer | |
dative | spitzem | spitzer | spitzem | spitzen | |
accusative | spitzen | spitze | spitzes | spitze | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spitze | die spitze | das spitze | die spitzen |
genitive | des spitzen | der spitzen | des spitzen | der spitzen | |
dative | dem spitzen | der spitzen | dem spitzen | den spitzen | |
accusative | den spitzen | die spitze | das spitze | die spitzen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spitzer | eine spitze | ein spitzes | (keine) spitzen |
genitive | eines spitzen | einer spitzen | eines spitzen | (keiner) spitzen | |
dative | einem spitzen | einer spitzen | einem spitzen | (keinen) spitzen | |
accusative | einen spitzen | eine spitze | ein spitzes | (keine) spitzen |
Comparative forms of spitz
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist spitzer | sie ist spitzer | es ist spitzer | sie sind spitzer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | spitzerer | spitzere | spitzeres | spitzere |
genitive | spitzeren | spitzerer | spitzeren | spitzerer | |
dative | spitzerem | spitzerer | spitzerem | spitzeren | |
accusative | spitzeren | spitzere | spitzeres | spitzere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der spitzere | die spitzere | das spitzere | die spitzeren |
genitive | des spitzeren | der spitzeren | des spitzeren | der spitzeren | |
dative | dem spitzeren | der spitzeren | dem spitzeren | den spitzeren | |
accusative | den spitzeren | die spitzere | das spitzere | die spitzeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein spitzerer | eine spitzere | ein spitzeres | (keine) spitzeren |
genitive | eines spitzeren | einer spitzeren | eines spitzeren | (keiner) spitzeren | |
dative | einem spitzeren | einer spitzeren | einem spitzeren | (keinen) spitzeren | |
accusative | einen spitzeren | eine spitzere | ein spitzeres | (keine) spitzeren |
Superlative forms of spitz
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Verb
[edit]spitz
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
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- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɪts
- Rhymes:English/ɪts/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian nouns
- Cimbrian masculine nouns
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
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- Rhymes:German/ɪt͡s
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