spørge
See also: sporge
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spyrja (“ask”), from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate of German spüren (“to sense”), Dutch speuren (“to search thoroughly”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spørge (imperative spørg, infinitive at spørge, present tense spørger, past tense spurgte, perfect tense har spurgt)
- to ask, inquire
- De spurgte (mig), om jeg havde set noget.
- They asked (me) if I had seen anything.
- (obsolete, transitive) to find out about, to learn about
Conjugation edit
Inflection of spørge
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References edit
- “spørge” in Den Danske Ordbog