"Sprit" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃpʁɪt/ Audio: De-Sprit.ogg Forms: Sprits [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Sprit [nominative, singular], Sprits [genitive, singular], Sprit [dative, singular], Sprit [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: 19th century, short for Spiritus, probably of dialectal origin, though some assume influence by French esprit. Ultimately from Latin spiritus (“spirit”). The original meaning is “brandy”, later extended to petrol, perhaps from the idea of a “potent liquid”. This sense is now predominant and also widely used in media parlance, such that contemporary speakers may actually think it the original one. Etymology templates: {{der|de|fr|esprit}} French esprit, {{der|de|la|spiritus|t=spirit}} Latin spiritus (“spirit”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.sg}} Sprit m (strong, genitive Sprits, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}}
  1. (informal) petrol, gas (gasoline) Tags: informal, masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Kraftstoff, Benzin
    Sense id: en-Sprit-de-noun-jXijfD22
  2. (slang or colloquial) brandy, spirits, or (loosely) booze, any alcoholic drink Tags: colloquial, masculine, no-plural, slang, strong
    Sense id: en-Sprit-de-noun-AwlOoQB~ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Liquids Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Liquids: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Spritkopp, Spritpreis
Categories (other): Energy, Petrochemistry Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0 Disambiguation of Petrochemistry: 0 0

Inflected forms

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