Speis

From Middle High German spīse, Old High German spīsa; borrowed from Late Latin spēsa, Late Latin alternation of Latin expēnsa, feminine of expēnsus, perfect passive participle of expendō, from ex- +‎ pendō. Cognate with German Speise, Italian spesa (“expenditure, expenses”), Danish spise.

• IPA^(key): /ʃb̥ɑɛ̯s/
• IPA^(key): /ʃb̥æːs/ (East Central, Vienna)
• Hyphenation: Speis

Speis f (plural Speisn, diminutive Speiserl)

1. dish, food
2. pantry, larder

• IPA^(key): /ʃpaɪ̯s/, [ʃpaɪ̯s ~ ʃpaɛ̯s], [ʃb̥-]
• Hyphenation: Speis

See Speise. The use for “larder” is from the Bavarian above.

Speis f (genitive Speis, plural Speisen)

1. (poetic outside idioms) apocopic form of Speise (“food”)

   Speis und Trank ― food and drink

2. (Austria, Bavaria) larder, pantry

   Synonyms: Speisekammer (Speiskammer), Vorratskammer

Short for Maurerspeise (literally “mason’s food”). Possibly conflated with Latin speciēs (“sort, kind”); compare Dutch specie (“mortar”). It is not clear, however, which of the two words developed the sense first. Dutch spijs, Middle Dutch spise are also attested in it. The shift to the masculine gender is found in the more southern dialects, perhaps after Mörtel m. In the Rhineland it remains feminine; compare the Luxembourgish below.

Speis m (strong, genitive Speises, no plural) (southwestern Germany, Rhineland, chiefly colloquial)

1. synonym of Mörtel (“mortar, plaster”)

• “Speis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Speis (Speisekammer)” in Duden online
• “Speis (Mörtel)” in Duden online
• Ebner, Jakob (2019), Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 424

From Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Vulgar Latin spēsa, from Latin expensa.

• IPA^(key): [ʃpɑɪ̯s]

Speis f (uncountable)

1. mortar, plaster