spechtln

Bavarian

Etymology

Iterative form of spechtn, from Middle High German spēhen (“to watch, peer, peek”), from Old High German spehōn, spiohōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥l̩n/
• Hyphenation: spechtln

Verb

spechtln (past participle gspechtlt) (chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

1. to spy, to watch, to view
2. to peep, to act as a voyeur

Conjugation

Conjugation of spechtln

infinitive	spechtln
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	spechtl	-	spechtlad
2nd person sing.	spechtlst	-	spechtladst
3rd person sing.	spechtlt	-	spechtlad
1st person plur.	spechtln	-	spechtladn
2nd person plur.	spechtlts	-	spechtlads
3rd person plur.	spechtln	-	spechtladn
imperative sing.	spechtl
imperative plur.	spechtlts
past participle	gspechtlt

Derived terms

• Spechtler

Related terms

• spechtln

Descendants

• → Austrian German: spechteln