spörja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spyria, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Norwegian Nynorsk spørje, spørja, Danish spørge, Icelandic spyrja, Faroese spyrja, Westrobothnian spöri, Dutch speuren, German spüren, Luxembourgish spieren, English speer, speir, spere and Scots speir.

Verb

spörja

(dated) to ask, to learn, to get news (after having asked around)
Skall ni verkligen bli läkare? sporde hon en dag
Are you really becoming a doctor? she asked one day

han hade sport att påvens munskänk var död
he had learned that the pope's cupbearer was dead

Conjugation

Conjugation of spörja (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	spörja	spörjas
Present tense	spörjer	spörjs , spörjes
Past tense	sporde	spordes
Supine	sport	sports
Imperative	spörj	—
Present participle	spörjande
Past participle	spord

Synonyms

Related terms

spörsmål
tillspörja

References

spörja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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