spechteln

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bavarian spechtln, from Middle High German spēhen (to watch, peer, peek), from Old High German spehōn, spiohōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look). Doublet of spähen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛçtl̩n/, [ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥l̩n]
  • Hyphenation: spech‧teln

Verb[edit]

spechteln (weak, third-person singular present spechtelt, past tense spechtelte, past participle gespechtelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to spy, to watch, to view
  2. (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to peep, to act as a voyeur

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