Sprint

See also: sprint and šprint

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint, since the start of the 20th century. The modern pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʁɪnt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Sprint m (strong, genitive Sprints, plural Sprints)

1. (sports) sprint (race)

   Synonym: Kurzstreckenlauf

2. sprint (act of sprinting)

   Synonym: Sprinten

Declension

Declension of Sprint [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sprint	die	Sprints
genitive	eines	des	Sprints	der	Sprints
dative	einem	dem	Sprint	den	Sprints
accusative	einen	den	Sprint	die	Sprints

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: šprint

Further reading

• Sprint on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Sprint” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sprint” in Duden online
• “Sprint” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon