spechtln

Bavarian

Etymology

Iterative form of spechtn, 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥l̩n/
  • Hyphenation: spechtln

Verb

spechtln (past participle gspechtlt) (chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. to spy, to watch, to view
  2. to peep, to act as a voyeur

Conjugation

Conjugation of spechtln
infinitive spechtln
past participle gspechtlt
present past subjunctive
1st person singular spechtl — spechtlad
2nd person singular spechtlst — spechtladst
3rd person singular spechtlt — spechtlad
1st person plural spechtln — spechtladn
2nd person plural spechtlts — spechtlads
3rd person plural spechtln — spechtladn
imperative
singular spechtl
plural spechtlts

Derived terms

  • spechtln

Descendants

  • → Austrian German: spechteln
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