sporen

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See also: Sporen and спорен

Danish

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Noun

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sporen c

  1. definite singular of spore

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspoːrə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch sporen. Equivalent to spoor (spur) +‎ -en.

Verb

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sporen

  1. (transitive) to spur
Conjugation
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Conjugation of sporen (weak)
infinitive sporen
past singular spoorde
past participle gespoord
infinitive sporen
gerund sporen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spoor spoorde
2nd person sing. (jij) spoort, spoor2 spoorde
2nd person sing. (u) spoort spoorde
2nd person sing. (gij) spoort spoorde
3rd person singular spoort spoorde
plural sporen spoorden
subjunctive sing.1 spore spoorde
subjunctive plur.1 sporen spoorden
imperative sing. spoor
imperative plur.1 spoort
participles sporend gespoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: spoor

Etymology 2

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From spoor (track, trail) +‎ -en.

Verb

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sporen

  1. (Netherlands, intransitive) to agree, to align
  2. (Netherlands, intransitive) to be sane
    Die vent spoort niet!That guy is not right in the head!
    En wat blijkt volgens die specialisten? Dat Trump wel degelijk niet helemaal spoort in zijn hoofd.
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  3. (intransitive) to travel by rail
Conjugation
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Conjugation of sporen (weak)
infinitive sporen
past singular spoorde
past participle gespoord
infinitive sporen
gerund sporen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spoor spoorde
2nd person sing. (jij) spoort, spoor2 spoorde
2nd person sing. (u) spoort spoorde
2nd person sing. (gij) spoort spoorde
3rd person singular spoort spoorde
plural sporen spoorden
subjunctive sing.1 spore spoorde
subjunctive plur.1 sporen spoorden
imperative sing. spoor
imperative plur.1 spoort
participles sporend gespoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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sporen

  1. plural of spoor

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From spore +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔːrən/, /ˈspoːrən/, /ˈspurən/

Verb

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sporen

  1. To spur (prod a horse to haste it)
  2. (rare) To spur (impel, drive, urge)
  3. (rare) To equip spurs.
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Etymology 2

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From Old English sporan, from Proto-Germanic *spuraniz; equivalent to spore +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

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sporen

  1. plural of spore

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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sporen m

  1. definite singular of spore

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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sporen m

  1. definite singular of spore

Swedish

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Noun

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sporen

  1. definite singular of spor