Speik

German

Etymology

From Middle High German spīk, which was transferred from French spic (“lavender”) because of the similar fragrance and use of both plants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpaɪ̯k/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Speik m (strong, genitive Speikes or Speiks, plural Speike)

1. Alpine valerian, valerian spikenard (the Alpine plant Valeriana celtica used in perfumery)

Declension

Declension of Speik [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Speik	die	Speike
genitive	eines	des	Speikes, Speiks	der	Speike
dative	einem	dem	Speik, Speike1	den	Speiken
accusative	einen	den	Speik	die	Speike

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Echter Speik on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Speik” in Duden online