German

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Etymology

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nach- +‎ springen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nachspringen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present springt nach, past tense sprang nach, past participle nachgesprungen, past subjunctive spränge nach, auxiliary sein)

  1. to jump in after (someone), to follow (someone) while jumping [with dative]
    er sprang dem Kind ins Wasser nachhe jumped into the water after the child, he followed the child into the water
  2. to run after, to chase after [with dative]

Conjugation

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