Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• sprecan

Verb

sprekan

1. to speak

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: spreken
  • Dutch: spreken

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spreg-. Compare Old English sprecan, Old Dutch sprekan, Old High German sprehhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprekɑn/

Verb

sprekan

1. to speak
   • Sō farmunste ina that manno folc endi sprākun im gimēdlic uuord‎

     So the mankind despised him and spoke with foolish words about him

     (Heliand, verse 2658)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• gisprekan

Descendants

• Low German: spreken
• Plautdietsch: spräakjen