Spion

See also: spion and špión

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French espion.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃpiˈoːn]
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Noun

Spion m (genitive Spions or Spiones, plural Spione)

  1. spy
  2. peephole

Descendants

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Spion”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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