See also: spüren

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sparen, from Old High German sparōn, from Proto-Germanic *sparōną. Cognate with German sparen, Dutch sparen, English spare, Icelandic spara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpuːren/, [ˈʃpuə̯.ʀən], [ˈʃpuː.ʀən]
  • Rhymes: -uəʀən

Verb

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spueren (third-person singular present spuert, past participle gespuert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to save, to spare, to conserve (money, resources, energy, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to save up, to put aside

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive spueren
participle gespuert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular spueren
2nd singular spuers spuer
3rd singular spuert
1st plural spueren
2nd plural spuert spuert
3rd plural spueren
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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