spriet

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sprit/

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• Hyphenation: spriet
• Rhymes: -it

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spriet, from Old Dutch *spriet, from Proto-West Germanic *spreut.

Noun

spriet m (plural sprieten, diminutive sprietje n)

1. (botany) long, narrow shoot from a plant; blade (of grass or corn), sprig
2. (nautical) sprit
3. antenna

Derived terms

• boegspriet
• grasspriet
• voelspriet

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: sprichi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Sprit.

Noun

spriet m (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Belgium) lignite