Spion
German edit
Etymology edit
16th century, from Italian spione, in part through Middle French espion.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną, whence German spähen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione, feminine Spionin)
Noun edit
Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione)
- peephole
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 173:
- »Mama, was ist das?« sagte Klara, die durchs Fenster und in den »Spion« blickte. »All die Leute … Was haben sie? Worüber freuen sie sich so?«
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Spion [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Czech: špion, špión
- → Dutch: spion
- → Indonesian: spion
- → Romanian: spion
- → Russian: шпион (špion)
- → Yiddish: שפּיאָן (shpyon)
References edit
- ^ “Spion” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Spion”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN