Spitzel
German
Etymology
Spitz + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsl̩/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Spit‧zel
Noun
Spitzel m (strong, genitive Spitzels, plural Spitzel)
- informant
- (Can we verify(not in de.wt, Duden, DWDS, Adelung%7cSpitzel%5D%5D +) this sense?) diminutive of Spitz (“the breed of guard dog called spitz”)
Declension
Declension of Spitzel [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Spitzel | die | Spitzel |
| genitive | eines | des | Spitzels | der | Spitzel |
| dative | einem | dem | Spitzel | den | Spitzeln |
| accusative | einen | den | Spitzel | die | Spitzel |
Derived terms
- spitzeln, bespitzeln
Descendants
- → Czech: špicl, špic, špiclík
- → Hungarian: spicli
- → Polish: szpicel
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шпѝцл
- Latin: špìcl
- → Slovak: špiceľ
- → Slovene: špícəlj (tonal orthography)
- → Ukrainian: шпі̀цель (špìcelʹ), often also шпик (špyk)
Further reading
Spitzel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Spitzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spitzel” in Duden online