sparen

== Danish == === Noun === sparen c definite singular of spar definite singular of spare == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch sparen, from Old Dutch *sparon, from Proto-Germanic *sparōną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspaːrə(n)/ Hyphenation: spa‧ren Rhymes: -aːrən === Verb === sparen (transitive) to spare, leave untouched Synonym: ontzien (transitive) to save up ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: spaar Negerhollands: spaar, spaer → Caribbean Javanese: separ, nyepar → Papiamentu: spar, spaar === Anagrams === raspen == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German sparn, from Old High German sparēn, sparōn, from Proto-West Germanic *sparēn. Compare English spare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːrən/, [ˈʃpaː.ʁən], [ʃpaː(ɐ̯)n] Homophone: Spahn (some speakers, chiefly in casual speech) === Verb === sparen (weak, third-person singular present spart, past tense sparte, past participle gespart, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to save up; to accumulate, to put aside (for a specific purpose) (transitive) to save, to conserve (for example energy) (transitive, figuratively with dative reflexive, often with können) to save, be able to save (as unnecessary or useless), keep something to oneself Spar dir dein Gesülze! ― Keep your smooth-talk to yourself! (ditransitive) to save, to spare (from effort, an unpleasant or unnecessary task) Synonym: ersparen (much more common) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sparen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “sparen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sparen” in Duden online “sparen” in OpenThesaurus.de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “sparen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891