German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German spræjen, spræwen, ultimately from some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to sprinkle, scatter, strew), see also Latin spargō, English sprout.

Compare Middle Dutch sprayen, spraeyen, Dutch sproeien (to spray). See spray for more.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sprühen (weak, third-person singular present sprüht, past tense sprühte, past participle gesprüht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to spray
    • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 50/2010, page 116:
      Gegen Pilzbefall sprühen Bauern Tausende Tonnen an Fungiziden auf die Felder.
      Farmers spray thousands of tons of fungicides onto the fields against fungal attack.
  2. (figuratively) to radiate with a certain feeling or quality; to be full of or bursting with that feeling or quality
    Das Gemälde sprüht ja vor Energie.
    The painting is just bursting with energy.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sprühen” in Duden online
  • sprühen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache