spritzen

See also: Spritzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sprützen (“to squirt”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną (“to come out, to spring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpʀɪt͡sn̩]

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Verb

1. to spurt, to squirt
2. (medicine) to inject

Synonyms

• (to inject): injizieren

Derived terms

• einspritzen
• abspritzen

Further reading

• “spritzen” in Duden online

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.