spå
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish spå. A variant of *spehōną, which is the source of German spähen (“to spy”) (and, via French, Template:cogien).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
spå (past tense spåede, past participle spået)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “spå” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
spå (imperative spå, present tense spår, passive spås, simple past spådde, past participle spådd, present participle spående)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “spå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną. Related to Latin specere (“to see”).
VerbEdit
spå (present tense spår, past tense spådde, past participle spådd or spått, passive infinitive spåast, present participle spåande, imperative spå)
ReferencesEdit
- “spå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
spå (present spår, preterite spådde, supine spått, imperative spå)
ConjugationEdit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | spå | spås | ||
Supine | spått | spåtts | ||
Imperative | spå | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spår | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Indicative plural1 | spå | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Subjunctive2 | spå | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spående | |||
Past participle | spådd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
SynonymsEdit
- (foretell): sia
Related termsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
spå
- To practice magic.