aufspießen

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German

Etymology

From auf- +‎ Spieß +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: auf‧spie‧ßen

Verb

aufspießen (weak, third-person singular present spießt auf, past tense spießte auf, past participle aufgespießt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to impale, to skewer (to put on a long pointy object)
  2. (transitive) to impale, to skewer (to put a long pointy object through)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to criticize, to lambaste (especially publicly)

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