sperre

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See also: Sperre and spèrre

Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

sperre

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of sperren

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

sperre

  1. inflection of sperren:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperren, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną.[1]

Cognate with German sperren.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛrə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrə
  • Hyphenation: sper‧re

Verb[edit]

sperre(intransitive or transitive with accusative)

  1. to lock
  2. to confine; to restrain

Conjugation[edit]

Regular
infinitive sperre
participle gesperd
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich sperre
du sperst sper
er/sie/es sperd
meer sperre
deer sperd sperd
sie sperre
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “sperre”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 153

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperre

  1. Alternative form of spere (spear)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperre

  1. Alternative form of spere (partition)

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

sperre

  1. Alternative form of sparre

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sperra and Middle Low German sperren.

Verb[edit]

sperre (imperative sperr, present tense sperrer, simple past and past participle sperra or sperret, present participle sperrende)

  1. to block

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sperra and Middle Low German sperren.

Verb[edit]

sperre (present tense sperrar, past tense sperra, past participle sperra, passive infinitive sperrast, present participle sperrande, imperative sperre/sperr)

  1. to block

Alternative forms[edit]

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