"Spiritus" meaning in German

See Spiritus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈʃpɪ-/, /ˈspiː.ʁi.tʊs/ (note: in the linguistic sense usually, otherwise dated), /ˈspɪ-/ (note: in the linguistic sense usually, otherwise dated), /-ˌtuːs/ (note: learnedly in the plural) Audio: De-Spiritus.ogg , De-Spiritus2.ogg , De-Spiritus3.ogg
Etymology: 15th century, borrowed from Latin spiritus. Doublet of Esprit, Spirit, and Sprit. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|spiritus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin spiritus, {{doublet|de|Esprit|Spirit|Sprit}} Doublet of Esprit, Spirit, and Sprit Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,-:se}} Spiritus m (strong, genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritus or Spiritusse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,-:se}} Forms: Spiritus [genitive], Spiritus [plural], Spiritusse [plural], strong [table-tags], Spiritus [nominative, singular], Spiritus [definite, nominative, plural], Spiritusse [definite, nominative, plural], Spiritus [genitive, singular], Spiritus [definite, genitive, plural], Spiritusse [definite, genitive, plural], Spiritus [dative, singular], Spiritus [dative, definite, plural], Spiritussen [dative, definite, plural], Spiritus [accusative, singular], Spiritus [accusative, definite, plural], Spiritusse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alcohol, chiefly for technical use Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Spiritus-de-noun-tT6rLQdC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 33 40
  2. (linguistics, primarily in Ancient Greek) breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Brennspiritus, Spiritus asper, Spiritus lenis, Spiritusflasche, Sprit Related terms: aspirieren, inspirieren
    Sense id: en-Spiritus-de-noun-126h8-cb Categories (other): Linguistics, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 69 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 33 40 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (rare) breath, whiff Tags: masculine, rare, strong
    Sense id: en-Spiritus-de-noun-7noijsDC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 45 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 33 40

Inflected forms

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