spechtn

Bavarian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥ln̩/
• Hyphenation: spechtn

Verb

spechtn (past participle gspecht) (chiefly West Central Bavarian)

1. to spy, to watch, to view

Conjugation

Conjugation of spechtn

infinitive	spechtn
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	specht	-	spechtad
2nd person sing.	spechtst	-	spechtadst
3rd person sing.	specht	-	spechtad
1st person plur.	spechtn	-	spechtadn
2nd person plur.	spechts	-	spechtads
3rd person plur.	spechtn	-	spechtadn
imperative sing.	specht
imperative plur.	spechts
past participle	gspecht

Related terms

• spechtln

Descendants

• → German: spechten