Speise

See also: speise and spéise

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German spīse, Old High German spīsa; borrowed from Late Latin spēsa, Late Latin alternation of Latin expēnsa, feminine of expēnsus, perfect passive participle of expendō, from ex- +‎ pendō. Cognate with Italian spesa (“expenditure, expenses”),[1] Danish spise.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaɪ̯zə/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯zə

Noun

Speise f (genitive Speise, plural Speisen)

  1. meal, fare (food)
    Speisen und Getränken. ― food and drinks.
    • 1907, Jakob Wassermann, Die Schwestern, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, page 24:
      Bald fing Philipp an, Trank und Speise von sich zu weisen,…
      Philipp soon started refusing drink and food,…

Declension
Declension of Speise [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Speise die Speisen
genitive einer der Speise der Speisen
dative einer der Speise den Speisen
accusative eine die Speise die Speisen

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See also

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Speise”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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