spechtln

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Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Iterative form of spechtn, 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”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥l̩n/
  • Hyphenation: spechtln

Verb[edit]

spechtln (past participle gspechtlt) (chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. to spy, to watch, to view
  2. to peep, to act as a voyeur

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of spechtln
infinitive spechtln
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. spechtl - spechtlad
2nd person sing. spechtlst - spechtladst
3rd person sing. spechtlt - spechtlad
1st person plur. spechtln - spechtladn
2nd person plur. spechtlts - spechtlads
3rd person plur. spechtln - spechtladn
imperative sing. spechtl
imperative plur. spechtlts
past participle gspechtlt

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • spechtln

Descendants[edit]

  • → Austrian German: spechteln
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