Spitzel

German

Etymology

Spitz +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɪtsl̩/
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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

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