spitzen

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See also: Spitzen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsn̩/, /ˈʃpɪtsən/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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!

Conjugation

Derived terms

Adjective

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

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