sprenkeln

== German == === Etymology === Attested 16th century. Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen, English sprinkle. Possibly a frequentative of sprengen (“to spray, to water”), from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną. Alternatively denominal from Sprenkel, from Middle High German sprenkel, sprinkel, which would then be a nasalised variant of spreckel (“spot”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *sprakô (“spark”). Compare Middle Dutch sprank (“spark” and “spot”). It is also possible that the two roots were mixed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃprɛŋkəln/, [ˈʃpʁɛŋ.kl̩n], [-kəln] === Verb === sprenkeln (weak, third-person singular present sprenkelt, past tense sprenkelte, past participle gesprenkelt, auxiliary haben) to sprinkle, to cause to fall in fine drops (restricted to liquids, especially ones that cause spots, specks) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== besprenkeln ==== Related terms ==== Sprenkel Sprinkler === Further reading === “sprenkeln” in Duden online “sprenkeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)