sprengen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === sprengen plural of spreng == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German sprengen, from Old High German sprengen, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃpʁɛŋən/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ʃpʁɛŋɛn/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: spren‧gen Rhymes: -ɛŋən === Verb === sprengen (weak, third-person singular present sprengt, past tense sprengte, past participle gesprengt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to blow up, to blast (transitive, horticulture) to sprinkle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sprengen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “sprengen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “sprengen” in Duden online “sprengen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “sprengen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle English == === Alternative forms === sprenge, springe === Etymology === Inherited from Old English sprenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną; compare spryngen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsprɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈsprind͡ʒən/ === Verb === sprengen (third-person singular simple present sprengeth, present participle sprengende, sprengynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sprenged) To sprinkle or asperse; to spread in small drops or bits. To diffuse or spray with a mist or gas. To combine or intermingle; to (cause to) become blended. (figuratively) To cleanse or purify from taint. (rare, of the sun) To rise; to emerge or appear. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: springe (obsolete) ==== References ==== “sprenǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.