springe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

1. (obsolete) A snare.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 114:

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

   • 1614: The Odysses of Homer by George Chapman, book 23 line 594

     Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]

   • 1714: The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, 2nd edn., canto 2 line 25

     With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray

   • c. 1799, William Wordsworth, The Prelude‎, London: Moxon, published 1850, Book 1, Introduction, p. 16:

     ’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• Persing, Spigner, pingers

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, cognate with English spring and German springen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ʁeŋə], [ˈsb̥ʁɛŋə]

Verb

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

1. jump, leap, spring
2. run, spurt
3. burst, explode, go off

Conjugation

	present	past
simple	springer	sprang
perfect	har sprunget	havde sprunget
passive	springes	—
participle	springende	sprunget
imperative	spring	—
infinitive	springe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	springen	—

Inflection of springe

Further reading

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

Dutch

Verb

springe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of springen

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

springe

1. inflection of springen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpriŋə/

Verb

springe

1. to run
2. to jump

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	springe
participle	gesprung
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	springe	—
du	springst	spring
er/sie/es	springd	—
meer	springe	—
deer	springd	springd
sie	springe	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

springe

1. Alternative form of spryng

Etymology 2

Verb

springe

1. Alternative form of sprengen

Etymology 3

Verb

springe

1. Alternative form of spryngen

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).

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.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.ɡe/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡe]

Noun

springe

1. dative singular of spring

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