spritzen
See also: Spritzen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sprützen (“to squirt”), from Proto-Germanic *sprittōną (“to disperse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
spritzen (weak, third-person singular present spritzt, past tense spritzte, past participle gespritzt, auxiliary haben)
- to spurt, to squirt
- (medicine) to inject
- Synonym: injizieren
Conjugation
infinitive | spritzen | ||||
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present participle | spritzend | ||||
past participle | gespritzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spritze | wir spritzen | i | ich spritze | wir spritzen |
du spritzt | ihr spritzt | du spritzest | ihr spritzet | ||
er spritzt | sie spritzen | er spritze | sie spritzen | ||
preterite | ich spritzte | wir spritzten | ii | ich spritzte1 | wir spritzten1 |
du spritztest | ihr spritztet | du spritztest1 | ihr spritztet1 | ||
er spritzte | sie spritzten | er spritzte1 | sie spritzten1 | ||
imperative | spritz (du) spritze (du) |
spritzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “spritzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “spritzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “spritzen” in Duden online
- “spritzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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