See also: Spitzen

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsn̩/, /ˈʃpɪtsən/
  • (file)

Verb edit

spitzen (weak, third-person singular present spitzt, past tense spitzte, past participle gespitzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil)
  2. (ears) to perk up, prick up (one's ears)
    Spitzt die Ohren!Listen up!
  3. (reflexive, regional) to impatiently wait for something, to urgently await something [+ auf (accusative)]
  4. (Austria) to have one's eye on something (with the desire to obtain) [+ auf (accusative)]

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

spitzen

  1. inflection of spitz:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading edit

  • spitzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spitzen” in Duden online