spretta

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (“to spring forth”), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb

spretta (third person singular past indicative spratt, third person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

to jump
to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of *spretta* (group v-49pp)
	present	past
infinitive	spretta
supine	sprottið

first singular	spretti	spratt
second singular	sprettur	spratst
third singular	sprettur	spratt
plural	spretta	spruttu

participle (a34)¹	sprettandi	sprottin

	imperative
singular	sprett!
plural	sprettið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsprɛhta/
Rhymes: -ɛhta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (“to spring forth”), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb

spretta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spratt, third-person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

(intransitive) to spring forth, to rise
(intransitive) to grow (of hair, grass, etc.)

Conjugation

*spretta* – active voice (*germynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að spretta
supine sagnbót		sprottið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sprettandi

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	sprett	spratt	spretti	sprytti
	þú	sprettur	sprast	sprettir	spryttir
	hann, hún, það	sprettur	spratt	spretti	sprytti
plural	við	sprettum	spruttum	sprettum	spryttum
	þið	sprettið	spruttuð	sprettið	spryttuð
	þeir, þær, þau	spretta	spruttu	spretti	spryttu

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprett (þú), sprettu
plural	þið	sprettið (þið), sprettiði¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*sprottinn* — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprottinn	sprottin	sprottið	sprottnir	sprottnar	sprottin
accusative (þolfall)	sprottinn	sprottna	sprottið	sprottna	sprottnar	sprottin
dative (þágufall)	sprottnum	sprottinni	sprottnu	sprottnum	sprottnum	sprottnum
genitive (eignarfall)	sprottins	sprottinnar	sprottins	sprottinna	sprottinna	sprottinna

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprottni	sprottna	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
accusative (þolfall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
dative (þágufall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
genitive (eignarfall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse spretta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, thus a causative of etymology 1.

Verb

spretta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spretti, supine sprett)

to cause to spring forth [with dative]
to loose, to unfasten, to open [with dative]

Conjugation

*spretta* – active voice (*germynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að spretta
supine sagnbót		sprett
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sprettandi

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	spretti	spretti	spretti	spretti
	þú	sprettir	sprettir	sprettir	sprettir
	hann, hún, það	sprettir	spretti	spretti	spretti
plural	við	sprettum	sprettum	sprettum	sprettum
	þið	sprettið	sprettuð	sprettið	sprettuð
	þeir, þær, þau	spretta	sprettu	spretti	sprettu

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprett (þú), sprettu
plural	þið	sprettið (þið), sprettiði¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*sprettast* – mediopassive voice (*miðmynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að sprettast
supine sagnbót		sprest
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sprettandist (rare; see appendix)

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
	þú	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
	hann, hún, það	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
plural	við	sprettumst	sprettumst	sprettumst	sprettumst
	þið	sprettist	sprettust	sprettist	sprettust
	þeir, þær, þau	sprettast	sprettust	sprettist	sprettust

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprest (þú), sprestu
plural	þið	sprettist (þið), sprettisti¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

spretta f (genitive singular sprettu, nominative plural sprettur)

(especially of grass) growth

Declension

Declension of *spretta* (feminine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spretta	sprettan	sprettur	spretturnar
accusative	sprettu	sprettuna	sprettur	spretturnar
dative	sprettu	sprettunni	sprettum	sprettunum
genitive	sprettu	sprettunnar	spretta	sprettanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

sprettet

Verb

spretta

inflection of sprette:
1. simple past
2. past participle (Verb 2)