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spechteln.

to spy, to watch, to view

9 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃpɛçtl̩n/[ˈʃb̥e̞çd̥l̩n]
  1. to spy, to watch, to view

    Austria · colloquial · weak
  2. to peep, to act as a voyeur

    Austria · colloquial · weak
Where this word comes from

From Bavarian spechtln, 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”). Doublet of spähen.

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