Spiritus

See also: spiritus

German

Etymology

15th century, borrowed from Latin spiritus. Doublet of Esprit, Spirit, and Sprit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈʃpɪ-/
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  • (in the linguistic sense usually, otherwise dated) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈspɪ-/
  • (learnedly in the plural) IPA(key): /-ˌtuːs/
  • Hyphenation: Spi‧ri‧tus

Noun

Spiritus m (strong, genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritus or Spiritusse)

  1. alcohol, chiefly for technical use
  2. (linguistics, primarily in Ancient Greek) breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence
  3. (rare) breath, whiff

Declension

Declension of Spiritus [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Spiritus die Spiritus, Spiritusse
genitive eines des Spiritus der Spiritus, Spiritusse
dative einem dem Spiritus den Spiritus, Spiritussen
accusative einen den Spiritus die Spiritus, Spiritusse

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