Spiritus

See also: spiritus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiːʁitʊs/, /ˈʃpɪʁitʊs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsp-/ (alternatively in the linguistic sense, otherwise dated)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Spi‧ri‧tus

Noun

Spiritus m (strong, genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritus or Spiritusse)

1. alcohol, chiefly for technical use
2. (phonology) aspiration
3. (rare) breath, whiff

Declension

Declension of Spiritus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spiritus	die	Spiritus, Spiritusse
genitive	eines	des	Spiritus	der	Spiritus, Spiritusse
dative	einem	dem	Spiritus	den	Spiritus, Spiritussen
accusative	einen	den	Spiritus	die	Spiritus, Spiritusse

Derived terms

• Spiritus asper
• Spiritus lenis
• Sprit

Further reading

• “Spiritus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Spiritus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de