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spitzen

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See also: Spitzen

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsn̩/, /ˈʃpɪtsən/
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Verb

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spitzen (weak, third-person singular present spitzt, past tense spitzte, past participle gespitzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil)
  2. (ears) to perk up, prick up (one's ears)
    Spitzt die Ohren!Listen up!
  3. (reflexive, regional) to impatiently wait for something, to urgently await something [with auf (+ accusative)]
  4. (Austria) to have one's eye on something (with the desire to obtain) [with auf (+ accusative)]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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spitzen

  1. inflection of spitz:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • spitzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spitzen” in Duden online