spleißen

German

Alternative forms

  • spleissen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Old High German *splīzan, from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (compare Dutch splijten, English split, West Frisian and Danish splitte), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (to split, splice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃplaɪ̯sn̩/
  • Hyphenation: splei‧ßen
  • (file)

Verb

spleißen (class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present spleißt, past tense spliss or spleißte, past participle gesplissen or gespleißt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to split
  2. to splice (to unite ropes or cables by interweaving the strands)

Conjugation

As a strong verb:

As a weak verb:

Further reading

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