Speise

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See also: speise and spéise

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Proto-West Germanic *spīsā.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Speise f (genitive Speise, plural Speisen)

  1. meal, fare (food)
    Speisen und Getränken.food and drinks.
    • 1907, Jakob Wassermann, Die Schwestern, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, page 24:
      Bald fing Philipp an, Trank und Speise von sich zu weisen,…
      Philipp soon started refusing drink and food,…

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Speise”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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