sprog

== English == === Etymology === 1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: sprŏg, IPA(key): /spɹɒɡ/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /sprɔɡ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /sprɑɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ, -ɔɡ, -ɑɡ === Noun === sprog (countable and uncountable, plural sprogs) (UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, informal, humorous) A child. (UK, military, RAF, slang, derogatory) A new recruit. (uncountable, Australia, slang, dated) Semen. (countable, slang) A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders. ==== Synonyms ==== (child): ankle-biter, bairn, crib lizard, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, kid, rug rat (semen): cum, jizz, spoof ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === sprog (third-person singular simple present sprogs, present participle sprogging, simple past and past participle sprogged) (UK, Australia, slang, humorous) To produce children. (Australia, slang) To ejaculate, to come. Synonyms: spoof; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate 2004, Kathryn Fox, Malicious Intent, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page, The kid was fathered by the same guy who sprogged into Debbie Finch′s throat. === Anagrams === progs == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German sprâke. Cognate to German Sprache, Dutch spraak, Norwegian språk, Old English sprǣċ and Swedish språk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sprɔːˀɣ/, [ˈsb̥ʁɔˀw], [ˈsb̥ʁɔwˀ] IPA(key): [ˈspˤɔwˀ] === Noun === sprog n (singular definite sproget, plural indefinite sprog) language ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: språk → Icelandic: sprok === Further reading === “sprog” in Den Danske Ordbog “sprog” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog