Speise
German
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Etymology
From Middle High German spīse, Old High German spīsa. Derived from Late Latin spēsa. Cognate with Italian spesa (“expenditure, expenses”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Speise f (genitive Speise, plural Speisen)
- meal, fare (food)
- 1907, Jakob Wassermann, Die Schwestern, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, page 24:
- Bald fing Philipp an, Trank und Speise von sich zu weisen,…
- Philipp soon started refusing drink and food,…
- Bald fing Philipp an, Trank und Speise von sich zu weisen,…
- 1907, Jakob Wassermann, Die Schwestern, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, page 24:
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See also
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Speise”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Speise” in Duden online
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