Speise

See also: speise and spéise

German

Alternative forms
  • Speis'
  • Speis

Etymology

From Middle High German spīse, Old High German spīsa. Derived from Late Latin spēsa. Cognate with Italian spesa (“expenditure, expenses”).[1]

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

Noun

Speise f (genitive Speise, plural Speisen)

  1. meal, fare (food)
    • 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
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

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Speise in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading
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