sputen

== German == === Etymology === 17th century, at first alongside spuden, both secondary adaptations of Middle Low German spôden, from Old Saxon spōdian, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan, derived from *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), itself from the verb *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). The West Germanic verb had a cognate in Old High German spuoten, which however remained without continuation. Cognate with Dutch spoeden, English speed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpuːtən/ === Verb === sich sputen (weak, third-person singular present sputet sich, past tense sputete sich, past participle sich gesputet, auxiliary haben) (reflexive, literary, otherwise regional or slightly dated) to hurry, to make haste Synonyms: beeilen, schicken, tummeln, weitertun ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Sput f (rare) === Further reading === “sputen” in Duden online “sputen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Low German == === Alternative forms === spoden (Dithmarschen) spauden (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) speuten (Dorf Hahlen bei Minden in Westfalen) === Verb === sputen (reflexive) (to) hurry == Middle English == === Verb === sputen spouted, uttered 14th century / 1864, Early English alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the fourteenth Century. Copied and edited from a unique Manuscript in the Library of the British Museum. With an Introduction, Notes, and glossarial Index, p. 63, l. 845, and p. 195: Whatt! þay sputen & speken of so spitous fylþe, Sputen = spouted, uttered, B. 845.