spreizen

B2

to stradle / splay

English meaning
to stradle / splay
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Daily Routine

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spreizen in a sentence

Er spreizt die Beine weit auseinander.

He straddles his legs wide apart.

Conjugation of spreizen

ichspreize
duspreizt
er/sie/esspreizt
wirspreizen
ihrspreizt
sie/Siespreizen
Simple past (er/sie/es)
spreizte
Perfect
hat gespreizt

Where spreizen comes from

Vorläuferformen dieses Verbs sind unter anderem das spätmittelhochdeutsche spreutzen (sich stützen, stemmen), das im Frühneuhochdeutschen auch für „auseinanderstrecken“, „mit einem Querholz auseinandersperren“ und „weit öffnen“ stand und si…

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Questions about spreizen

How do you conjugate spreizen?

Present tense: ich spreize, du spreizt, er spreizt, wir spreizen, ihr spreizt, sie spreizen. Simple past: spreizte. Perfect: hat gespreizt.

What does spreizen mean in English?

spreizen means "to stradle / splay". For example: "Er spreizt die Beine weit auseinander." — "He straddles his legs wide apart."

What level is spreizen in German?

spreizen is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the daily routine vocabulary.

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