Spitzel

German

Etymology

Spitz +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɪtsl̩/

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• Hyphenation: Spit‧zel

Noun

Spitzel m (genitive Spitzels, plural Spitzel)

1. diminutive of Spitz (“the breed of guard dog called spitz”)
2. informant

Derived terms

• spitzeln, bespitzeln

Descendants

• → Czech: špicl, špic, špiclík
• → Hungarian: spicli
• → Polish: szpicel
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: шпѝцл

  Latin script: špìcl

• → Slovak: špiceľ
• → Slovene: špícəlj (tonal orthography)
• → Ukrainian: шпі̀цель (špìcelʹ), often also шпик (špyk)

Further reading

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