# 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: /spɹɒɡ/
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /sprɔɡ/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /sprɑɡ/
* Rhymes: -ɒɡ, -ɔɡ, -ɑɡ

### Noun

sprog (countable and uncountable, plural sprogs)
* (UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, informal, humorous) A child.
** 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see, page 54:To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs, twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.
** 2008, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies, UK, unnumbered page:Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed.
** 2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220:Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door.
* (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

* sproglet

### Verb

sprog (third-person singular simple present sprogs, present participle sprogging, simple past and past participle sprogged)
* (UK, Australia, slang, humorous) To produce children.
** 2007, Libby Purves, Love Songs and Lies, unnumbered page:You must have been terrified, it′s not like today with film stars sprogging babies everywhere.
** 2008, Lucy Diamond, Over You, unnumbered page:‘How′s it all going with your boyo in the valleys? Any plans for sprogging or vows or anything serious yet?’
** 2009, Peter James, Dead Tomorrow, unnumbered page:‘Women lose their sexual drive after they′ve sprogged,’ Norman Potting interjected.
* (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: /sprɔːˀɣ/, [ˈsb̥ʁɔˀw], [ˈsb̥ʁɔwˀ]
** Audio:(file)

### Noun

sprog n (singular definite sproget, plural indefinite sprog)
* language

#### Derived terms

* babytegnsprog
* billedsprog
* dagligsprog
* enhedsskriftsprog
* fagsprog
* fremmedsprog
* gruppesprog
* kodesprog
* kropssprog
* kunstsprog
* lokalsprog
* plansprog
* regionalsprog
* rigssprog
* røversprog
* skriftsprog
* sprogkode
* standardsprog
* talesprog
* tegnsprog

### Further reading

* “sprog” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “sprog” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog