spits

spits

1. plural of spit

spits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spit

• stips

• IPA^(key): /spɪts/

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• Hyphenation: spits
• Rhymes: -ɪts

Borrowed from German spitz.

spits (comparative spitser, superlative meest spits or spitst)

1. pointed

• spitsvondig

• → Papiamentu: spits (dated)

spits n (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

1. a pointed tip

• het spits afbijten

Borrowed from German Spitze.

spits f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

1. a top, a peak, a pinnacle or an apex
2. (architecture) a spire
3. (sports) a striker (both the position and the player), often referring to the centre forward
4. (military) a frontline battalion, a front subdivision of a vanguard

• (spire): torenspits

(striker):

• verdediger
• doelman

• spitsuur
• torenspits

Back-formation from spitsuur, but especially avondspits and ochtendspits, which are themselves shortenings from avondspitsuur and ochtendspitsuur. Around 1940 the term spits (“peak”, etymology 2) was also commonly used for annual peak traffic during the summer holiday, which is another likely influence for the shortened form. The use of the article de (earlier used for avondspits and ochtendspits) rather than het (used for spitsuur) was influenced by etymology 2.

spits m or f (plural spitsen, diminutive spitsje n)

1. rush hour [from mid 20th c.]

   Synonym: spitsuur

• spitsstrook

• avondspits
• ochtendspits
• spitsuur

Borrowed from German spitz. Akin to Dutch spits.

• IPA^(key): /spɪts/

spits

1. pointed, pointy
2. sharp

• Spitsmúus

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “spits”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN