sich sputen

German

Etymology

From Old High German spuoten, from Proto-Germanic *spōdijaną. Cognate with English speed. Indo-European cognates include Old Church Slavonic спѣти (spěti, “to hasten, to succeed”), Russian спеть (spetʹ, “ripen”), Sanskrit स्फायते (sphā́yatē, “to grow fat, increase”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. (reflexive) to speed

Further reading

• “sich sputen” in Duden online