sperren

See also: Sperren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sperren.

Pronunciation

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Verb

sperren

  1. to bar, inhibit

Inflection

Inflection of sperren (weak)
infinitive sperren
past singular sperde
past participle gesperd
infinitive sperren
gerund sperren n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular sper sperde
2nd person sing. (jij) spert sperde
2nd person sing. (u) spert sperde
2nd person sing. (gij) spert sperde
3rd person singular spert sperde
plural sperren sperden
subjunctive sing.1 sperre sperde
subjunctive plur.1 sperren sperden
imperative sing. sper
imperative plur.1 spert
participles sperrend gesperd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Old High German sperran.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛʁən/, [ˈʃpɛʁn]
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  • Hyphenation: sper‧ren

Verb

sperren (third-person singular simple present sperrt, past tense sperrte, past participle gesperrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bar (entry to a place or system)
  2. to space out the letters of a word or text, for emphasis
    An example of a spaced out word.
    Dieser Satz ist nicht gesperrt gedruckt. Dieser Satz ist gesperrt gedruckt.
    This sentence is not printed spaced out. This sentence is printed spaced out.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Verb

sperren

  1. to close off, to block
  2. to stretch, to put tension on
  3. to span, to spread

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “sperren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “sperren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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