springe
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengen, sprenċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.
Verb edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.
Noun edit
springe (plural springes)
- (obsolete) A snare.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 114:
- Ay, springes to catch woodcocks
- 1614: The Odysses of Homer by George Chapman, book 23 line 594
- Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]
- 1714: The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, 2nd edn., canto 2 line 25
- With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray
- c. 1799, William Wordsworth, The Prelude[1], London: Moxon, published 1850, Book 1, Introduction, p. 16:
- ’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.
Verb edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
- (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną. Cognate with German springen, Dutch springen, English spring, Icelandic springa.
Verb edit
springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)
- to run
- to jump, leap
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?
- So you didn't jump into the water?
- to burst
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, cognate with English spring and German springen.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): [ˈsb̥ʁeŋə], [ˈsb̥ʁɛŋə]
Verb edit
springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Verb edit
springe
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
springe
- inflection of springen:
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
springe
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | springe | |
participle | gesprung | |
auxiliary | hon | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
ich | springe | — |
du | springst | spring |
er/sie/es | springd | — |
meer | springe | — |
deer | springd | springd |
sie | springe | — |
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. |
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
springe
- Alternative form of spryng
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
springe
- Alternative form of sprengen
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
springe
- Alternative form of spryngen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)
- to bound, jump, leap
- to run
- to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
- (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
- (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom
Derived terms edit
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- springa (a infinitive)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
springe
- to jump
Inflection edit
Strong class 3 | ||||
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infinitive | springe | |||
3rd singular past | sprong | |||
past participle | sprongen | |||
infinitive | springe | |||
long infinitive | springen | |||
gerund | springen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | spring | sprong | ||
2nd singular | springst | sprongst | ||
3rd singular | springt | sprong | ||
plural | springe | sprongen | ||
imperative | spring | |||
participles | springend | sprongen |
Further reading edit
- “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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