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)
- to break, shatter, crack, burst etc.
- to separate, as in milk.
- to confess under duress or pressure
- 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.
Alternative forms
- sprekka
Verb
sprekke (present tense sprekk, past tense sprakk, past participle sprokke, passive infinitive sprekkast, present participle sprekkande, imperative sprekk)
- (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.
- "Fær eg steikja skjori mi?" spurde han. "Eg er rædd ho sprekk," svarade kungsdotteri.
- 1862, Aasta Hansteen, (translated from P.C. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe), "Spurnaden"
- (intransitive) to separate, as in milk.
- (intransitive) to confess under duress or pressure
- (intransitive) to suddenly run out of power
Related terms
- sprekkje (transitive verb)
- sprekk (noun)
Verb
sprekke (present tense sprekker, past tense sprekte, past participle sprekt, present participle sprekkande, imperative sprekk)
- 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
- 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