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Definition: Spitz |
SpitzNoun1. Any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spitz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
Crosswords: Spitz |
| English words defined with "spitz": Loup-loup ♦ Pomeranian ♦ Samoyed, Samoyede. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spitz": spitzkasten. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spitz" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (acute, barbed, cuspid, cutting, haggard, horny, peaked, peaky, petty, pinched, pointed, pointedly, pomeranian, Randy, sharp, spiked, spiky, Spitz, unkind). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Real Howard Spitz (1998) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Spitz & Nathanson present When women love a play true to life. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Spitz" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spitz" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spitz" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spitz | Last name | 1,000 | 9,627 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "spitz": spitz dog. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spitz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Kone (puppy, spitz dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الإسبتز كلب صغير طويل الشعر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Шпиц. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | picl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Spitz-Holter's ventil (Spitz-Holter drainage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Loulou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spitz (acute, barbed, cuspid, cutting, haggard, horny, peaked, peaky, petty, pinched, pointed, pointedly, pomeranian, Randy, sharp, spiked, spiky, unkind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ λευκού σκύλου (spitz dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כלב ח"ף (spitz dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Spicc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itzspay raça de cachorro (boxer). (various references) Шпиц. (various references) špic (peak, spitz dog, tip, top). (various references) Pomeranio (pomeranian), Perro De Pomerania (pomeranian). (various references) Spets (apex, head, horn, jag, lace, lacing, nib, peak, point, pomeranian, prod, tine, tip, top). (various references) Pomeranya Köpeği (pomeranian, pomeranian dog, spitz dog). (various references) Шпіц. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spitz": spitzes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spitz" (pronounced spi"ts) |
| 5 | s p i" t s | spits. |
| 4 | -p i" t s | pits. |
| 3 | -i" t s | acquits, admits, befits, bits, blitz, brits, britts, chits, commits, emits, fits, Frits, fritts, Fritz, glitz, grits, hits, its, kits, knits, lits, mitts, omits, permits, quits, Ritz, sits, skits, slits, splits, submits, transmits, wits, writs. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-p-s-t-z" | |
-1 letter: pits, spit, tips, zips, zits. | |
-2 letters: its, pis, pit, psi, sip, sit, tip, tis, zip, zit. | |
-3 letters: is, it, pi, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-p-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: spritz. | |
+2 letters: spitzes. | |
+3 letters: baptizes, pectizes, peptizes, pintsize, poetizes, spritzed, spritzer, spritzes, zappiest, zaptiahs, zaptiehs, zippiest. | |
+4 letters: baptizers, deputizes, epizoites, hepatizes, optimizes, partizans, patinizes, peptizers, poetizers, spritzers, spritzing, trapezist, trapezius. | |
+5 letters: apostatize, appetizers, empathizes, epitomizes, epizootics, epizooties, expertizes, hypnotizes, optimizers, palletizes, parasitize, pasteurize, patronizes, pelletizes, picturizes, plasticize, platinizes, poeticizes, privatizes, rebaptizes, sporozoite, sympathize, temporizes, trapezists, trapeziums, trapezoids. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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