spähen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German spehen, from Old High German spehōn, spiohōn,[1] from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛː.ən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpeː.ən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: spä‧hen
Verb
spähen (weak, third-person singular present späht, past tense spähte, past participle gespäht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | spähen | ||||
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present participle | spähend | ||||
past participle | gespäht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spähe | wir spähen | i | ich spähe | wir spähen |
du spähst | ihr späht | du spähest | ihr spähet | ||
er späht | sie spähen | er spähe | sie spähen | ||
preterite | ich spähte | wir spähten | ii | ich spähte1 | wir spähten1 |
du spähtest | ihr spähtet | du spähtest1 | ihr spähtet1 | ||
er spähte | sie spähten | er spähte1 | sie spähten1 | ||
imperative | späh (du) spähe (du) |
späht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “spähen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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