See also: Sprinten

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sprint. Equivalent to sprint +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsprɪn.tə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sprin‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪntən

Verb

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sprinten

  1. (intransitive) to sprint

Inflection

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Conjugation of sprinten (weak)
infinitive sprinten
past singular sprintte
past participle gesprint
infinitive sprinten
gerund sprinten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (jij) sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (u) sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (gij) sprint sprintte
3rd person singular sprint sprintte
plural sprinten sprintten
subjunctive sing.1 sprinte sprintte
subjunctive plur.1 sprinten sprintten
imperative sing. sprint
imperative plur.1 sprint
participles sprintend gesprint
1) Archaic.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sprint +‎ -en, since the 1930s. The modern pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sprinten (weak, third-person singular present sprintet, past tense sprintete, past participle gesprintet, auxiliary sein)

  1. (sports) to sprint (to partake in a sprinting competition)
  2. (sports) to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period)
  3. (informal) to run quickly
    Synonym: rennen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • sprinten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sprinten” in Duden online
  • sprinten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съпрѧтьнъ (sŭprętĭnŭ). Compare Serbo-Croatian spretan, Slovene spreten, Bulgarian спретен (spreten).

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Adjective

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sprinten m or n (feminine singular sprintenă, masculine plural sprinteni, feminine and neuter plural sprintene)

  1. agile, nimble, quick
  2. lively
  3. sharp, smart, keen

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Swedish

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Noun

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sprinten

  1. definite singular of sprint