springa

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspriŋka/ Rhymes: -iŋka === Verb === springa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sprakk, third-person plural past indicative sprungu, supine sprungið) (intransitive) to crack, break, split open, burst (intransitive) to explode, blow up (intransitive) to collapse or die (from overexertion, emotional distress, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== sprengja == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === springe (e-infinitive) === Etymology === From Old Norse springa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²sprɪŋːɑ/ === Verb === springa (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring) to run to leap, jump to burst open ==== Derived terms ==== springar springbrett === References === “springa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsprin.ɡɑ/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡɑ] === Noun === springa genitive plural of spring == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną. === Verb === springa to spring, jump to run to burst ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: springa (“to run”), spricka (“to crack”) == Swedish == === Alternative forms === (Obsolete typography) ſpringa === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish springa, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-. ==== Verb ==== springa (present springer, preterite sprang, supine sprungit, imperative spring) to run (move quickly on legs) (archaic) to jump ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== språng springare springbrunn springsko ===== See also ===== hoppa (“jump; leap; skip”) jogga (“jog”) löpa ränna språngmarsch (“double-quick; jog; run”) === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish springa, ultimately from etymology 1 above, which also had the sense “to burst” (derived from “to jump”). Compare spränga (“to blow up, explode”), and further German Sprung (“crack”), zerspringen (“to crack, burst”). ==== Noun ==== springa c a very narrow, elongated opening; a slit, a slot, a gap, a cranny, etc. (informal) vagina, vulva ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== spalt spricka (“crack”) === References === “springa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “springa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “springa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) springa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === angrips, spingar