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German
Etymology
From Middle High German spitze, from Old High German spizza, from Proto-Germanic *spitjaz, related to *spitō (“spike”). Compare English spit (“skewer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪt͡sə/
- Hyphenation: Spit‧ze
Noun
Spitze f (genitive Spitze, plural Spitzen)
- cusp
- point, tip, peak
- top, front, lead
2010, “Auf dem Weg nach unten”, in Der Spiegel, number 33, page 70:Die Kluft zwischen den Ärmsten und der Spitze der Gesellschaft hat sich dramatisch geöffnet.- The gap between the poorest and the top of society has widened dramatically.
- spike
- lace (textile pattern)
- (soccer) striker
- (in the plural, figurative) leadership
- Die Spitzen von SPD und CDU ― The leaders of the SPD and CDU
- a sarcastic remark, a jab
Declension
Derived terms
- (point, tip, peak): Fingerspitze, Bergspitze, Bleistiftspitze (“pencil point, pencil tip”)
- Lanzenspitze, Messerspitze, Pfeilspitze, Pyramidenspitze, Schuhspitze
- Nordspitze (“northern tip, northern part”), Südspitze (“southern tip”)
- Speerspitze, Turmspitze, Zungenspitze (“tip of the tongue”)
- Zweispitz, Dreispitz, Spitzhaube
- (top, front, lead): Angriffsspitze, Sturmspitze, Spitzenplatz, Spitzenkandidat, Spitzenposition, Spitzenqualität, Spitzentreffen, Spitzenspiel
- (lace): Spitzendeckchen, Spitzenhöschen
See also
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Spitze m
- plural of Spitz