sprengen
Dutch
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Noun
editsprengen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sprengen, from Old High German sprengen, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsprengen (weak, third-person singular present sprengt, past tense sprengte, past participle gesprengt, auxiliary haben)
- to blow up, to blast
- (horticulture) to sprinkle
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sprengen | ||||
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present participle | sprengend | ||||
past participle | gesprengt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sprenge | wir sprengen | i | ich sprenge | wir sprengen |
du sprengst | ihr sprengt | du sprengest | ihr sprenget | ||
er sprengt | sie sprengen | er sprenge | sie sprengen | ||
preterite | ich sprengte | wir sprengten | ii | ich sprengte1 | wir sprengten1 |
du sprengtest | ihr sprengtet | du sprengtest1 | ihr sprengtet1 | ||
er sprengte | sie sprengten | er sprengte1 | sie sprengten1 | ||
imperative | spreng (du) sprenge (du) |
sprengt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English sprenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną; compare spryngen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsprengen (third-person singular simple present sprengeth, present participle sprengende, sprengynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sprenged)
- To sprinkle or asperse; to spread in small drops or bits.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shipmans Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- He wolden sowen som difficultee, / Or springen cockle in our clene corn.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- To diffuse or spray with a mist or gas.
- To combine or intermingle; to (cause to) become blended.
- (figuratively) To cleanse or purify from taint.
- (rare, of the sun) To rise; to emerge or appear.
Conjugation
editConjugation of sprengen (weak irregular/in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: springe (obsolete)
References
edit- “sprenǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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