Spion

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See also: spion, spíon, and špión

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Etymology

16th century, from Italian spione, in part through Middle French espion.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną, whence German spähen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpiˈoːn/
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Noun

Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione, feminine Spionin)

  1. spy

Noun

Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione)

  1. peephole

Declension

Declension of Spion
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spion die Spione
genitive eines des Spions der Spione
dative einem dem Spion den Spionen
accusative einen den Spion die Spione

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “Spion” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Spion”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Spion” in Duden online
  • “Spion” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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