spien

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

spien

1. inflection of speien:
   1. first/third-person plural preterite
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• spîgen, spiggen

Etymology

From Old Saxon spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną.

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /spiːən/

Verb

spîen

1. to spew, to spit
2. to vomit

Descendants

• Low German: speen, speien, spien, (chiefly Westphalian) spiegen, spiggen
  • Plautdietsch: spieen