spörja

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish spyria, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Norwegian Nynorsk spørje, spørja, Danish spørge, Icelandic spyrja, Faroese spyrja, Westrobothnian spöri, Dutch speuren, German spüren, Luxembourgish spieren, English speer, speir, spere and Scots speir.

Verb[edit]

spörja (present spörjer, preterite sporde, supine sport, imperative spörj)

  1. (dated) to ask, to learn, to get news (after having asked around)
    Skall ni verkligen bli läkare? sporde hon en dag
    Are you really becoming a doctor? she asked one day
    han hade sport att påvens munskänk var död
    he had learned that the pope's cupbearer was dead

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of spörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spörja spörjas
Supine sport sports
Imperative spörj —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative spörjer sporde spörjs, spörjes spordes
Indicative plural1 spörja sporde spörjas spordes
Subjunctive2 spörje sporde spörjes spordes
Participles
Present participle spörjande
Past participle spord
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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