An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zirpen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2518905An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zirpenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ zirpen, verb, ‘to chirp,’ Modern High German only; a recent onomatop. form. So too zischeln, verb, ‘to whisper,’ and zischen, verb, ‘to hiss, whiz'; Modern High German only; in Middle High German, zispezen, neuter, ‘hissing.’

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