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) to spy, to watch, to view to peep, to act as a voyeur ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Spechtler ==== Related terms ==== spechtln ==== Descendants ==== → Austrian German: spechteln