speisen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spīsen (“to feed”), deverbal from spīse (“food”). By surface analysis, Speise + -en; see this noun for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃpaɪ̯zən/, [ˈʃpaɪ̯.zn̩]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ̯zn̩
- Hyphenation: spei‧sen
Verb
[edit]speisen (weak, third-person singular present speist, past tense speiste, past participle gespeist, auxiliary haben) (chiefly higher register)
- (intransitive) to dine, to eat in a cultured (typically upscale) setting (otherwise humorous)
- (transitive, less common) to eat (something delicious and/or expensive)
- Synonyms: essen; genießen, sich beköstigen (mit), sich gütlich tun (an), sich zu Gemüte führen
- Sie speisten regelmäßig Hummer.
- They had lobster on a regular basis.
- (transitive) to feed (those in need, or (by extension) the frequenters of a canteen)
- (transitive, figurative) to feed, supply
- (reflexive) to be fed, supplied
- Der Fluss speist sich aus vielen Bächen.
- The river is fed by many brooks.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | speisen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | speisend | ||||
| past participle | gespeist | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich speise | wir speisen | i | ich speise | wir speisen |
| du speist | ihr speist | du speisest | ihr speiset | ||
| er speist | sie speisen | er speise | sie speisen | ||
| preterite | ich speiste | wir speisten | ii | ich speiste1 | wir speisten1 |
| du speistest | ihr speistet | du speistest1 | ihr speistet1 | ||
| er speiste | sie speisten | er speiste1 | sie speisten1 | ||
| imperative | speis (du) speise (du) |
speist (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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