spleißen
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- spleissen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German splīzen, from Old High German *splīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *splītan, which see for cognates. Within High German, the word was restricted to Central German, but even here far from general, and therefore did not establish itself in the modern standard language. The nautical sense after Low German splissen, splitzen, a related (but not identical) form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spleißen (class 1 strong or weak, third-person singular present spleißt, past tense spliss or spleißte, past participle gesplissen or gespleißt, auxiliary haben)
- (rare, of wood, otherwise obsolete) to split
- Synonym: spalten
- (nautical) to splice (unite ropes or cables by interweaving the strands)
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually strong for “to split” and weak for “to splice”, but occasional variation in both directions is possible.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | spleißen | ||||
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present participle | spleißend | ||||
past participle | gesplissen gespleißt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spleiße | wir spleißen | i | ich spleiße | wir spleißen |
du spleißt | ihr spleißt | du spleißest | ihr spleißet | ||
er spleißt | sie spleißen | er spleiße | sie spleißen | ||
preterite | ich spliss ich spleißte |
wir splissen wir spleißten |
ii | ich splisse1 ich spleißte1 |
wir splissen1 wir spleißten1 |
du splissest du splisst du spleißtest |
ihr splisst ihr spleißtet |
du splissest1 du splisst1 du spleißtest1 |
ihr splisset1 ihr splisst1 ihr spleißtet1 | ||
er spliss er spleißte |
sie splissen sie spleißten |
er splisse1 er spleißte1 |
sie splissen1 sie spleißten1 | ||
imperative | spleiß (du) spleiße (du) |
spleißt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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