spitz

/ʃpɪts/

adjective B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. pointed, sharp (of a shape)

    Related to Spitze (tip, point).

Similar words

akut

Close in one sense — spitz is pointed/sharp describing a shape (a spitzer Winkel, an acute angle); akut is the technical/medical word "acute," which also describes that same sharp angle.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cortante

Close — pointed, sharp (of a shape) relates to sharp, cutting (cortante).

Practice

1 What does spitz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Bleistift ist sehr ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches spitz?

See also

adjective

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