spüren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spüren, spuren, spurn, from Old High German spurien, spurren, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. By surface analysis, Spur + -en. Cognate with dialectal English speer, Scots speir, Swedish spörja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spüren (weak, third-person singular present spürt, past tense spürte, past participle gespürt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to sense, to detect, to perceive
- Warte! Ich spüre Gefahr.
- Wait! I sense danger.
- 2025 March 29, “Zahl der Todesopfer in Myanmar steigt auf mehr als 1.000”, in Tagesschau[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2025:
- Das Erdbeben war in mehreren Ländern in Südostasien zu spüren.
- The earthquake could be felt in several countries in Southeast Asia.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | spüren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | spürend | ||||
| past participle | gespürt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich spüre | wir spüren | i | ich spüre | wir spüren |
| du spürst | ihr spürt | du spürest | ihr spüret | ||
| er spürt | sie spüren | er spüre | sie spüren | ||
| preterite | ich spürte | wir spürten | ii | ich spürte1 | wir spürten1 |
| du spürtest | ihr spürtet | du spürtest1 | ihr spürtet1 | ||
| er spürte | sie spürten | er spürte1 | sie spürten1 | ||
| imperative | spür (du) spüre (du) |
spürt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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