sparken

English

Etymology

From spark +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən

Verb

sparken (third-person singular simple present sparkens, present participle sparkening, simple past and past participle sparkened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To spark or ignite in sparks
   • 1929, Percy MacKaye, Weathergoose-woo!, page 171:

     […] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]

   • 2008, Ken Muller, RANDOM FITZ of KINDNESS, page 28:

     And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”

Anagrams

• spanker

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spearcian; equivalent to spark +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• sparkyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparkən/

Verb

sparken (rare)

2. To spark (emit sparks)
3. To sparkle; to glitter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sparken (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sparken, sparke
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sparke	sparked
2nd-person singular	sparkest	sparkedest
3rd-person singular	sparketh	sparked
subjunctive singular	sparke
imperative singular		—
plural1	sparken, sparke	sparkeden, sparkede
imperative plural	sparketh, sparke	—
participles	sparkynge, sparkende	sparked

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: spark
• Scots: spark, sperk

References

• “sparken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English spearcan; equivalent to sparke +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

sparken

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) plural of sparke

Swedish

Noun

sparken

1. definite singular of spark

   Han fick sparken

   He was fired

Anagrams

• karpens, parkens