# springe
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

#### Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
* (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

#### Noun

springe (plural springes)
* (obsolete) A snare.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 114:Ay, springes to catch woodcocks
** 1614: The Odysses of Homer by George Chapman, book 23 line 594
    Look how a mavis, or a pigeòn, / In any grove caught with a springe or net […]
** 1714: The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, 2nd edn., canto 2 line 25
    With hairy Sprindges we the Birds betray
** c. 1799, William Wordsworth, The Prelude‎, London: Moxon, published 1850, Book 1, Introduction, p. 16:’twas my joy / With store of springes o’er my shoulder hung / To range the open heights where woodcocks run / Along the smooth green turf.

#### Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)
* (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

### Anagrams

* Persing, Spigner, pingers

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* schpringe

### Etymology

From Middle High German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną. Cognate with German springen, Dutch springen, English spring, Icelandic springa.

### Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)
* to run
* to jump, leap
** 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?So you didn't jump into the water?
* to burst

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, cognate with English spring and German springen.

### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈsb̥ʁeŋə], [ˈsb̥ʁɛŋə]

### Verb

springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)
* jump, leap, spring
* run, spurt
* burst, explode, go off

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
springer
springes
past
sprang
infinitive
springe
springes
imperative
spring
participle
present
springende
past
sprunget (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
springen :

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Verb

springe
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of springen

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

springe
* inflection of springen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃpriŋə/

### Verb

springe
* to run
* to jump

#### Conjugation

The present participle is uncommonly used, but can be made with the suffix -end.

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

springe
* Alternative form of spryng

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

springe
* Alternative form of sprengen

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

springe
* Alternative form of spryngen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

### Verb

springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)
* to bound, jump, leap
* to run
* to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
* (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
* (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom

#### Derived terms

* springbrett

### References

* “springe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “springe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* springa (a infinitive)

### Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sprɪŋːə/

### Verb

springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)
* to run
* to leap, jump
* to burst open

#### Derived terms

* springbrett

### References

* “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsprin.ɡe/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡe]

### Noun

springe
* dative singular of spring

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsprɪŋə/

### Verb

springe
* to jump

#### Further reading

* “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011