spitzen
See also: Spitzen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsn̩/, /ˈʃpɪtsən/
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Verb
spitzen (weak, third-person singular present spitzt, past tense spitzte, past participle gespitzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil)
- (ears) to perk up, prick up (one's ears)
- Spitzt die Ohren! ― Listen up!
- (reflexive, regional) to impatiently wait for something, to urgently await something [+ auf (accusative)]
- (Austria) to have one's eye on something (with the desire to obtain) [+ auf (accusative)]
Conjugation
infinitive | spitzen | ||||
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present participle | spitzend | ||||
past participle | gespitzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spitze | wir spitzen | i | ich spitze | wir spitzen |
du spitzt | ihr spitzt | du spitzest | ihr spitzet | ||
er spitzt | sie spitzen | er spitze | sie spitzen | ||
preterite | ich spitzte | wir spitzten | ii | ich spitzte1 | wir spitzten1 |
du spitztest | ihr spitztet | du spitztest1 | ihr spitztet1 | ||
er spitzte | sie spitzten | er spitzte1 | sie spitzten1 | ||
imperative | spitz (du) spitze (du) |
spitzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Adjective
spitzen
- inflection of spitz:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
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