spitzen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪtsn̩/, /ˈʃpɪtsən/ === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== spitzen (weak, third-person singular present spitzt, past tense spitzte, past participle gespitzt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil) (ears) to perk up, prick up (one's ears) Spitzt die Ohren! ― Listen up! (reflexive, regional) to impatiently wait for something, to urgently await something [with auf (+ accusative)] (Austria) to have one's eye on something (with the desire to obtain) [with auf (+ accusative)] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Spitzen gespitzt anspitzen überspitzen zuspitzen ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: spitsen === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== spitzen inflection of spitz: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural === Further reading === “spitzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “spitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “spitzen” in Duden online