spreizt

Spreizt is a present-tense form of the German verb spreizen, meaning to spread or widen. It is used as the third-person singular or the second-person plural form in the present tense.

Grammatical overview: Infinitive spreizen; present tense forms include ich spreize, du spreizst, er/sie/es spreizt, wir spreizen, ihr spreizt, sie/Sie spreizen. The simple past (Präteritum) forms are ich spreizte, du spreiztest, er/sie/es spreizte, wir spreizten, ihr spreiztet, sie/Sie spreizten. The past participle is gespreizt, used with haben (z. B. er hat die Finger gespreizt). The present participle is spreizend.

Usage and meaning: Spreizen denotes the act of widening or opening something, whether a physical part of the body, an object, or a figurative widening of scope or influence. Common collocations include die Beine spreizen (to spread the legs), die Arme spreizen (to stretch out the arms), and die Finger spreizen (to spread the fingers). In gymnastics, dance, and anatomical descriptions, spreizen is frequently used to describe deliberate expansion or stabilization through widened positions.

Etymology and related forms: The verb spreizen originates from the German verb spreizen, related to cognates in other Germanic languages such as Dutch spreiden and English spread in its sense of widening. The word appears in standard German since the Middle High German period and remains common in physical, anatomical, and figurative contexts.

See also: spreizen (base verb), gespreizt (past participle), Beindehnung and Bewegungslexikon contexts where spreizen is used.