spieren

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• Rhymes: -irən

spieren

1. Plural form of spier

spieren

1. (intransitive, reflexive, Suriname, vulgar) to have a hard-on, to have an erection

• spiren (superseded)

From Middle High German spürn, from Old High German spurien, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Dutch speuren, Old English spyrian, Icelandic spyrja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiːren/, [ˈʃpiə̯.ʀən], [ˈʃpiː.ʀən]

spieren (third-person singular present spiert, past participle gespuert or gespiert, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to feel, to touch
   • 2010, “Crémant an der Chamber”‎, performed by Serge Tonnar:

     Jidderee schwätzt vun der Kris, ech spieren se awer net sou richteg.
     Vläicht läit dat och u menger Analys, do ass d’Ekonomie net grad sou wichteg.

     Everybody’s talking about the crisis, but I don’t really feel it.
     Maybe it’s because of my analysis, in which the economy is not quite as important

2. (reflexive) to feel

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