spits

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English

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Noun

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spits

  1. plural of spit

Verb

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spits

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spit

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spɪts/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: spits
  • Rhymes: -ɪts

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German spitz.

Adjective

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spits (comparative spitser, superlative meest spits or spitst)

  1. pointed
Declension
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Declension of spits
uninflected spits
inflected spitse
comparative spitser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial spits spitser het spitst
het spitste
indefinite m./f. sing. spitse spitsere spitste
n. sing. spits spitser spitste
plural spitse spitsere spitste
definite spitse spitsere spitste
partitive spits spitsers
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Descendants
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  • Papiamentu: spits (dated)

Noun

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spits n (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

  1. a pointed tip
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Spitze.

Noun

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spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

  1. a top, a peak, a pinnacle or an apex
  2. (architecture) a spire
  3. (sports) a striker (both the position and the player), often referring to the centre forward
  4. (military) a frontline battalion, a front subdivision of a vanguard
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Etymology 3

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Back-formation from spitsuur, but especially avondspits and ochtendspits, which are themselves shortenings from avondspitsuur and ochtendspitsuur. Around 1940 the term spits (“peak”, etymology 2) was also commonly used for annual peak traffic during the summer holiday, which is another likely influence for the shortened form. The use of the article de (earlier used for avondspits and ochtendspits) rather than het (used for spitsuur) was influenced by etymology 2.

Noun

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spits m or f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

  1. rush hour [from mid 20th c.]
    Synonym: spitsuur
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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German spitz. Akin to Dutch spits.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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spits

  1. pointed, pointy
  2. sharp

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “spits”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN