spy

spy
1. noun
1) (secret agent) Spion, der/Spionin, die
2) (watcher) Spion, der/Spionin, die; Schnüffler, der/Schnüfflerin, die (abwertend)

spy in the sky/cab — (coll.) Spionagesatellit, der/Fahrt[en]schreiber, der

2. transitive verb
(literary) ausmachen
3. intransitive verb
(watch closely) [herum]spionieren; (practise espionage) Spionage treiben

spy on somebody/a country — jemandem nachspionieren/gegen ein Land spionieren

Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/91990/spy_out">spy out
* * *
1. noun
(a secret agent or person employed to gather information secretly especially about the military affairs of other countries: She was arrested as a spy; industrial spies.) der/die Spion(in)
2. verb
1) (to be a spy: He had been spying for the Russians for many years.) spionieren
2) (to see or notice: She spied a human figure on the mountainside.) erspähen
- spyhole
- spy on
* * *
spy
[spaɪ]
I. n Spion(in) m(f)
II. n modifier (adventure, story, film, organization, camera, scandal) Spionage-
\spy swap Austausch m von Spionen/Spioninnen
III. vi
1. (gather information) spionieren
to \spy into sth in etw dat herumspionieren fam
to \spy on [or upon] sb jdm nachspionieren
2. (peep)
to \spy into sth in etw akk spähen
IV. vt
to \spy sb/sth (see) jdn/etw sehen; (spot) jdn/etw entdecken
* * *
[spaɪ]
1. n
Spion(in) m(f); (= police spy) Spitzel m;
2. vt
sehen, erspähen (geh)

finally I spied him coming — endlich sah ich ihn kommen

I spy with my little eye something ... — ≈ ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst, und ...

3. vi
spionieren, Spionage treiben

to spy into sth — in etw (dat) herumspionieren

to spy on sb — jdn bespitzeln; on neighbours

I Spy (= game) — ≈ ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst

* * *
spy [spaı]
A v/t
1. oft spy out ausspionieren, -spähen, -kundschaften:
spy out the land fig
a) die Lage peilen umg,
b) sich einen Überblick verschaffen
2. auch spy out ausfindig machen
3. erspähen, entdecken
B v/i
1. MIL etc spionieren, Spionage treiben: he was jailed for 10 years for spying wegen Spionage;
spy on
a) jemandem nachspionieren, jemanden bespitzeln,
b) ein Gespräch etc abhören
2. fig herumspionieren (into in dat)
C s
1. Späher(in), Kundschafter(in)
2. MIL etc Spion(in)
3. fig Spitzel m:
spy in the cab AUTO umg Fahrtenschreiber m
* * *
1. noun
1) (secret agent) Spion, der/Spionin, die
2) (watcher) Spion, der/Spionin, die; Schnüffler, der/Schnüfflerin, die (abwertend)

spy in the sky/cab — (coll.) Spionagesatellit, der/Fahrt[en]schreiber, der

2. transitive verb
(literary) ausmachen
3. intransitive verb
(watch closely) [herum]spionieren; (practise espionage) Spionage treiben

spy on somebody/a country — jemandem nachspionieren/gegen ein Land spionieren

Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
n.
Kundschafter m.
Spion -e m. v.
Spionage betreiben ausdr.
entdecken v.
erspähen v.
herumspionieren v.
spionieren v.

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