"Spion" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃpiˈoːn/ Audio: De-Spion.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Spions [genitive], Spione [plural], Spionin [feminine]
Etymology: 16th century, from Italian spione, in part through Middle French espion. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną, whence German spähen. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|it:spione}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to spy, watch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*speḱ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*spehōną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*spehōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*spiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "spione", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Spion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Spion">, {{bor|de|it|spione}} Italian spione, {{bor|de|frm|espion}} Middle French espion, {{der|de|gem-pro|*spehōną}} Proto-Germanic *spehōną, {{m+|de|spähen}} German spähen, {{ety|de|:bor|it:spione}} Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione, feminine Spionin)
  1. spy Tags: masculine, strong
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Espionage, People Disambiguation of Espionage: 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ʃpiˈoːn/ Audio: De-Spion.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: 16th century, from Italian spione, in part through Middle French espion. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną, whence German spähen. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|it:spione}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to spy, watch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*speḱ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*spehōną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*spehōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*spiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "spione", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Spion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Spion">, {{bor|de|it|spione}} Italian spione, {{bor|de|frm|espion}} Middle French espion, {{der|de|gem-pro|*spehōną}} Proto-Germanic *spehōną, {{m+|de|spähen}} German spähen, {{ety|de|:bor|it:spione}} Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Spion m (strong, genitive Spions, plural Spione) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Spions [genitive], Spione [plural], strong [table-tags], Spion [nominative, singular], Spione [definite, nominative, plural], Spions [genitive, singular], Spione [definite, genitive, plural], Spion [dative, singular], Spionen [dative, definite, plural], Spion [accusative, singular], Spione [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. peephole Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Spionage, spionieren
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Espionage, People Disambiguation of Espionage: 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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}

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    },
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      "form": "Spion",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Spionen",
      "source": "declension",
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          "ref": "1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 173:",
          "text": "»Mama, was ist das?« sagte Klara, die durchs Fenster und in den »Spion« blickte. »All die Leute … Was haben sie? Worüber freuen sie sich so?«",
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}

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