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

• Spechtler

Related terms

• spechtln

Descendants

• → Austrian German: spechteln