German

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Etymology

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Spieß +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃpiːsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: spie‧ßen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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spießen (weak, third-person singular present spießt, past tense spießte, past participle gespießt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to spear
  2. to skewer
  3. (Austria, reflexive) to get stuck

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • spießen” in Duden online
  • spießen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache