spechtn

Bavarian

Etymology

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): /ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥ln̩/
  • Hyphenation: spechtn

Verb

spechtn (past participle gspecht) (chiefly West Central Bavarian)

  1. to spy, to watch, to view

Conjugation

Conjugation of spechtn
infinitive spechtn
past participle gspecht
present past subjunctive
1st person singular specht — spechtad
2nd person singular spechtst — spechtadst
3rd person singular specht — spechtad
1st person plural spechtn — spechtadn
2nd person plural spechts — spechtads
3rd person plural spechtn — spechtadn
imperative
singular specht
plural spechts

Descendants

  • → German: spechten
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