spechteln

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German

Etymology

From Bavarian spechtln, from Middle High German spēhen (to watch, peer, peek), from Old High German spehōn, spiohōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (to see, look), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look). Doublet of spähen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛçtl̩n/,
  • Hyphenation: spech‧teln

Verb

spechteln (weak, third-person singular present spechtelt, past tense spechtelte, past participle gespechtelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to spy, to watch, to view
  2. (Austria, Vienna, colloquial) to peep, to act as a voyeur

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