Spiritus

See also: spiritus

German

Etymology

15th century, borrowed from Latin spiritus. Doublet of Esprit, Spirit, and Sprit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈʃpɪ-/

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• (in the linguistic sense usually, otherwise dated) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ʁi.tʊs/, /ˈspɪ-/

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• (learnedly in the plural) IPA^(key): /-ˌtuːs/

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• Hyphenation: Spi‧ri‧tus

Noun

Spiritus m (strong, genitive Spiritus, plural Spiritus or Spiritusse)

1. alcohol, chiefly for technical use
2. (linguistics, primarily in Ancient Greek) breathing; a glottal consonant, usually /h/; a (diacritical) mark for its presence or absence
3. (rare) breath, whiff

Declension

Declension of Spiritus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spiritus	die	Spiritus, Spiritusse
genitive	eines	des	Spiritus	der	Spiritus, Spiritusse
dative	einem	dem	Spiritus	den	Spiritus, Spiritussen
accusative	einen	den	Spiritus	die	Spiritus, Spiritusse

Derived terms

• Brennspiritus
• Spiritus asper
• Spiritus lenis
• Spiritusflasche
• Sprit

Related terms

• aspirieren
• inspirieren

Further reading

• “Spiritus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Spiritus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de