From earlier spien, from Middle Dutch spien, from Old Dutch *spion, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną. The -d- was inserted by back-forming the present from the weak past spiede.
spieden
Conjugation of spieden (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | spieden | |||
past singular | spiedde | |||
past participle | gespied | |||
infinitive | spieden | |||
gerund | spieden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | spied | spiedde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | spiedt, spied2 | spiedde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | spiedt | spiedde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | spiedt | spiedde | ||
3rd person singular | spiedt | spiedde | ||
plural | spieden | spiedden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | spiede | spiedde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | spieden | spiedden | ||
imperative sing. | spied | |||
imperative plur.1 | spiedt | |||
participles | spiedend | gespied | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |