Verb
spitzen
to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil)
B1
rank #3,728
Meanings
Verb
- to point (to make pointy), to sharpen (a pencil)
- to perk up, prick up (one's ears)
- to impatiently wait for something, to urgently await something
- to have one's eye on something (with the desire to obtain)
In a sentence
Der Junge spitzt seinen Bleistift.
The boy sharpens his pencil.
Forms
infinitive
spitzen
he/she/it
spitzt
simple past
spitzte
perfect
hat gespitzt
takes + Akkusativ; auf + Akkusativ