springe

English

Alternative forms

• spreng

Etymology

From Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengen, sprenċġan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past springed, past participle springed or sprent)

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • Chaucer

     He would sowen some difficulty, / Or springen cockle in our cleane corn.

2. (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

1. (obsolete) A snare.
   • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 line 114

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

Anagrams

• Persing, Spigner, pingers

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schpringe

Etymology

From Middle High German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną. Cognate with German springen, Dutch springen, English spring, Icelandic springa.

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)

1. to run
2. to jump, leap
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?

     So you didn't jump into the water?

3. to burst

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥g̑h.

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)

1. jump, leap, spring
2. vault
3. bound
4. frisk, jump about
5. run
6. pop
7. scarper
8. back out
9. bounce
10. gush, spurt, play
11. break, snap,
12. burst, explode, go off

Further reading

• “springe” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “springe” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Dutch

Verb

springe

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of springen

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

springe

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of springen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of springen.

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpriŋə/

Verb

springe

1. to run
2. to jump

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse springa

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)

1. to bound, jump, leap
2. to run
3. to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
4. (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
5. (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “springe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• springa (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprɪŋːə/

Verb

springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)

1. to run
2. to leap, jump
3. to burst open

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɪŋə/

Verb

springe

1. to jump

Inflection

Strong class 3
infinitive	springe
3rd singular past	sprong
past participle	sprongen
infinitive	springe
long infinitive	springen
gerund	springen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	spring	sprong
2nd singular	springst	sprongst
3rd singular	springt	sprong
plural	springe	sprongen
imperative	spring
participles	springend	sprongen

Further reading

• “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011