spleißen

German

Alternative forms
  • spleissen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Middle High German splīzen, from Old High German *splīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *splītan.

Compare Dutch splijten, English split, West Frisian and Danish splitte. Related also to German splitzen.

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

Verb

spleißen (class 1 strong or weak, third-person singular 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

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Further reading
  • “spleißen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “spleißen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “spleißen” in Duden online
  • “spleißen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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