språng

See also: sprang and spräng

Swedish

Etymology

From springa (“to run, to leap, to jump”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

språng n

1. a leap, a bound (long, powerful jump)

   Med ett språng var katten uppe på bordet

   With a leap, the cat was up on the table

   Det stora språnget

   The Great Leap Forward (China 1958-1961)

2. running

   sätta av i fullt språng

   set off at full speed

   vara på språng

   be on the go (idiomatic)

3. sheer (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of språng

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	språng	språngs
	definite	språnget	språngets
plural	indefinite	språng	språngs
	definite	sprången	språngens

Related terms

• försprång
• språngbräda
• språngmarsch

References

• “språng”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “språng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “språng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• prångs