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Sporen
sporen
sporen
See also: Sporen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspoːrə(n)/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sporen. Equivalent to spoor (“spur”) + -en.
Verb
sporen
- (transitive) to spur
Inflection
| Inflection of sporen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sporen | |||
| past singular | spoorde | |||
| past participle | gespoord | |||
| infinitive | sporen | |||
| gerund | sporen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spoor | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spoort | spoorde | ||
| plural | sporen | spoorden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spore | spoorde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sporen | spoorden | ||
| imperative sing. | spoor | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spoort | |||
| participles | sporend | gespoord | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From spoor (“track, trail”) + -en.
Verb
sporen
- (intransitive) to agree, to align
- (intransitive) to be sane
- Die vent spoort niet!
- That guy is not right in the head!
- Die vent spoort niet!
- (intransitive) to travel by rail
Inflection
| Inflection of sporen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sporen | |||
| past singular | spoorde | |||
| past participle | gespoord | |||
| infinitive | sporen | |||
| gerund | sporen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spoor | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spoort | spoorde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spoort | spoorde | ||
| plural | sporen | spoorden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spore | spoorde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sporen | spoorden | ||
| imperative sing. | spoor | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spoort | |||
| participles | sporend | gespoord | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 3
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
sporen
- Plural form of spoor