Spur
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.
Proper noun[edit]
Spur (plural Spurs)
- An occupational surname from Middle English
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Spur (plural Spurs)
- (soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Spur f (genitive Spur, plural Spuren)
- trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
- trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
- lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
- lane (of a street, road)
- (music) track
- (mathematics) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Spur [feminine]
Hyponyms[edit]
- Blutspur (“blood trail, trail of blood”)
- Bremsspur
- Fahrspur (“lane”)
- Fußspur
- Ölspur
- Radspur (“wheel track”)
- Wagenspur (“wheel track”)
- Tonspur
Derived terms[edit]
adjectives
compound nouns
Further reading[edit]
- “Spur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Spur” in Duden online
- Spur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Spur f (plural Spuren)
- Alternative spelling of Spuer
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