sprekke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sprakk, preterite of springe.

Verb

sprekke (imperative sprekk, present tense sprekker, passive sprekkes, simple past sprakk, past participle sprukket, present participle sprekkende)

1. to break, shatter, crack, burst etc.
2. to separate, as in milk.
3. to confess under duress or pressure
4. to suddenly run out of power

Related terms

• sprekk (noun)

References

• “sprekke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprɛkːə/

Etymology 1

From sprakk, originally preterite of springe. Compare Swedish spricka.

Alternative forms

• sprekka

Verb

sprekke (present tense sprekk, past tense sprakk, past participle sprokke, passive infinitive sprekkast, present participle sprekkande, imperative sprekk)

1. (intransitive) to break, shatter, crack, burst
   • 1862, Aasta Hansteen, (translated from P.C. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe), "Spurnaden"

     "Fær eg steikja skjori mi?" spurde han. "Eg er rædd ho sprekk," svarade kungsdotteri.

     "May I fry my magpie?" he asked. "I am afraid it will burst," the princess replied.

2. (intransitive) to separate, as in milk.
3. (intransitive) to confess under duress or pressure
4. (intransitive) to suddenly run out of power

Related terms

• sprekkje (transitive verb)
• sprekk (noun)

Etymology 2

Verb

sprekke (present tense sprekker, past tense sprekte, past participle sprekt, present participle sprekkande, imperative sprekk)

1. Alternative form of sprekkje

References

• “sprekke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian spreka, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɛkə/

Verb

sprekke

1. to speak

Inflection

Strong
infinitive	sprekke
3rd singular past	spriek
past participle	sprutsen
infinitive	sprekke
long infinitive	sprekken
gerund	sprekken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	sprek	spriek
2nd singular	sprekst	spriekst
3rd singular	sprekt	spriek
plural	sprekke	sprieken
imperative	sprek
participles	sprekkend	sprutsen

• Variant past-tense 1st: spruts
• Variant past-tense 2nd: sprutst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: spruts
• Variant past plural: sprutsen

Derived terms

• sprekker

Further reading

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