Spitze

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Spitze

From Middle High German spitze, from Old High German spizza, from Proto-Germanic *spitjaz, related to *spitō (“spike”). Compare English spit (“skewer”), Swedish spets (“point, tip; lace”).

Spitze f (genitive Spitze, plural Spitzen)

cusp
point, tip, peak
top, front, lead
- 2010, “Auf dem Weg nach unten”, in Der Spiegel‎, number 33, page 70:
  Die Kluft zwischen den Ärmsten und der Spitze der Gesellschaft hat sich dramatisch geöffnet.
  The gap between the poorest and the top of society has widened dramatically.
spike
lace (textile pattern)
(soccer) striker
(in the plural, figurative) leadership
Die Spitzen von SPD und CDU ― The leaders of the SPD and CDU
a sarcastic remark, a jab

Declension of Spitze [feminine]

More information singular, plural ...

(lace): Bandspitze (“tape lace”), Brüsseler Spitze (“Brussels lace”), Spitzendeckchen, Spitzenhöschen
Lanzenspitze, Messerspitze, Pfeilspitze, Pyramidenspitze, Schuhspitze
Nordspitze (“northern tip, northern part”), Südspitze (“southern tip”)
(point, tip, peak): Fingerspitze, Bergspitze, Bleistiftspitze (“pencil point, pencil tip”)
Speerspitze, Turmspitze, Zungenspitze (“tip of the tongue”)
(top, front, lead): Angriffsspitze, Sturmspitze, Spitzenplatz, Spitzenkandidat, Spitzenposition, Spitzenqualität, Spitzentreffen, Spitzenspiel
Zweispitz, Dreispitz, Spitzhaube

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