spieden

Meaning

  1. (rare, transitive) to watch, to observe
  2. (rare, transitive) to spy on

Concepts

peep upon

spy upon

Hyphenated as
spie‧den
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspidə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From earlier spien, from Middle Dutch spien, from Old Dutch *spion, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną. The -d- was inserted by back-forming the present from the weak past spiede.

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