An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zirpen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2506082An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zirpen1891John Francis Davis

​ zirpen, vb., ‘to chirp,’ ModHG. only; a recent onomatop. form. So too zischeln, vb., ‘to whisper,’ and zischen, vb., ‘to hiss, whiz'; ModHG. only; in MidHG., zispezen, n., ‘hissing.’

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