spären
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German sperran, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan. Cognate with German sperren, Dutch sperren, Swedish spärra, Icelandic sperra.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spären (third-person singular present späert, past participle gespaart, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to bar, to block
- D'Stroosse si wéinst Héichwaasser gespaart.
- The roads are blocked because of flooding.
- (transitive or intransitive) to lock
- Spär d'Dier, wann ech glift.
- Lock the door, please.
- (transitive) to lock up, to confine
- D'Perruche ass a sengem Käfeg gespaart.
- The budgie is locked in its cage.
- (transitive) to cut off, to suspend
- (transitive) to ban, to suspend
- De Foussballspiller gouf fir dräi Matcher gespaart.
- The footballer was banned for three matches.
Conjugation edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spären | |
| participle | gespaart | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | spären | — |
| 2nd singular | späers | spär |
| 3rd singular | späert | — |
| 1st plural | spären | — |
| 2nd plural | späert | späert |
| 3rd plural | spären | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||