spären
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German and Old High German sperran, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan. Cognate with German sperren, Dutch sperren, Swedish spärra, Icelandic sperra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
spären (third-person singular present späert, past participle gespaart, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to bar, to block
- D'Stroosse si wéinst Héichwaasser gespaart.
- The roads are blocked because of flooding.
- (transitive or intransitive) to lock
- Spär d'Dier, wann ech glift.
- Lock the door, please.
- (transitive) to lock up, to confine
- D'Perruche ass a sengem Käfeg gespaart.
- The budgie is locked in its cage.
- (transitive) to cut off, to suspend
- (transitive) to ban, to suspend
- De Foussballspiller gouf fir dräi Matcher gespaart.
- The footballer was banned for three matches.
Conjugation[edit]
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spären | |
| participle | gespaart | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | spären | — |
| 2nd singular | späers | spär |
| 3rd singular | späert | — |
| 1st plural | spären | — |
| 2nd plural | späert | späert |
| 3rd plural | spären | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Luxembourgish transitive verbs
- Luxembourgish terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish intransitive verbs