spruten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, *spreutaną.

Verb

spruten

1. to sprout
2. to arise, to form

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: spruiten
  • Afrikaans: spruit
  • → Papiamentu: sprùit, spreit, spruit

Further reading

• “spruten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spruten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sproutyn, sprowtyn

Etymology

From Old English sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, variant of *spreutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspruːtən/

Verb

spruten

1. To emerge or sprout; to begin to grow (of plants).
2. To experience growth or growing; to mature.
3. (rare) To plant; to tend to plants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spruten (strong class 6 or weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) spruten, sprute
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sprute	sprot, spruted
2nd-person singular	sprutest	sprote, sprot, sprutedest
3rd-person singular	spruteth	sprot, spruted
subjunctive singular	sprute	sprote1, spruted1
imperative singular		—
plural2	spruten, sprute	sproten, sprote, spruteden, sprutede
imperative plural	spruteth, sprute	—
participles	sprutynge, sprutende	sproten, sprote, spruted

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: sprout
• Scots: sproot, spruit

References

• “sprǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-27.

Swedish

Noun

spruten

1. definite plural of sprut

West Frisian

Noun

spruten

1. plural of sprút