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German
Etymology
From Middle High German spīen, from Old High German spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną. Compare Bavarian speibm, Dutch spuwen, spugen, English spew, Danish spy.
Pronunciation
Verb
speien (class 1 strong, third-person singular present speit, past tense spie, past participle gespien, auxiliary haben)
- to spit
- Synonym: spucken
- (euphemistic) to vomit
- Synonym: kotzen
Conjugation
Conjugation of
speien (class 1
strong, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
speien (class 1
strong, auxiliary
haben)
- The past participle currently has two different pronunciations: one corresponding to gespien and the other to gespieen . Today, though, the only official spelling is gespien, regardless of pronunciation.
- Similary the conjunctive (subjunctive) is spelled spiee or spie. Both are pronounced , but only the latter spelling is official nowadays.
Further reading
- “speien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “speien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “speien” in Duden online
- “speien” in OpenThesaurus.de