German

Verb

speien ‎(class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present speit, past tense spie, past participle gespien or gespieen, auxiliary haben)

1. to spit
2. (euphemistic) to vomit

Conjugation

• The past participle currently has two different pronunciations: one corresponding to gespien and the other to gespieen. Today, though, the only official spelling is gespien, regardless of pronunciation.
• Similary the conjunctive (subjunctive) is spelled spiee or spie. Both are pronounced [ˈʃpiːə], but only the latter spelling is official nowadays.

Synonyms

• (spit): spucken
• (vomit): kotzen

Related terms

• Wasserspeier
• Speispinne