sporen
Danish edit
Noun edit
sporen c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch sporen. Equivalent to spoor (“spur”) + -en.
Verb edit
sporen
- (transitive) to spur
Inflection edit
Conjugation of sporen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | sporen | |||
past singular | spoorde | |||
past participle | gespoord | |||
infinitive | sporen | |||
gerund | sporen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | spoor | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | spoort | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
3rd person singular | spoort | spoorde | ||
plural | sporen | spoorden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | spore | spoorde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | sporen | spoorden | ||
imperative sing. | spoor | |||
imperative plur.1 | spoort | |||
participles | sporend | gespoord | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From spoor (“track, trail”) + -en.
Verb edit
sporen
- (Netherlands, intransitive) to agree, to align
- (Netherlands, intransitive) to be sane
- Die vent spoort niet! ― That guy is not right in the head!
- En wat blijkt volgens die specialisten? Dat Trump wel degelijk niet helemaal spoort in zijn hoofd.[1]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to travel by rail
Inflection edit
Conjugation of sporen (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | sporen | |||
past singular | spoorde | |||
past participle | gespoord | |||
infinitive | sporen | |||
gerund | sporen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | spoor | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | spoort | spoorde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
3rd person singular | spoort | spoorde | ||
plural | sporen | spoorden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | spore | spoorde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | sporen | spoorden | ||
imperative sing. | spoor | |||
imperative plur.1 | spoort | |||
participles | sporend | gespoord | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
sporen
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From spore + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sporen
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sporen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “spōren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English sporan, from Proto-Germanic *spuraniz; equivalent to spore + -en (plural suffix).
Noun edit
sporen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
sporen m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
sporen m
Swedish edit
Noun edit
sporen