Spur

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See also: spur, špur, and șpur

English

Etymology

English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.

Proper noun

Spur (plural Spurs)

  1. An occupational surname from Middle English

Synonyms

Noun

Spur (plural Spurs)

  1. (soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpuːr/,
  • Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
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Noun

Spur f (genitive Spur, plural Spuren)

  1. trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
  2. trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
    • 1995, “Du riechst so gut”, performed by Rammstein:
      Die Spur ist frisch und auf die Brücke
      Tropft dein Schweiß, dein warmes Blut
      Ich seh' dich nicht
      Ich riech' dich nur ich spüre dich
      Ein Raubtier, das vor Hunger schreit
      Wittere ich dich meilenweit
      The trail is fresh and on the bridge
      Your sweat drips, your warm blood
      I don't see you
      I smell you I only sense you
      A predator that screams of hunger
      I smell you from miles away
  3. lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
  4. lane (of a street, road)
  5. (music) track
  6. (mathematics) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

Declension

Declension of Spur
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Spur die Spuren
genitive einer der Spur der Spuren
dative einer der Spur den Spuren
accusative eine die Spur die Spuren

Hyponyms

Derived terms

adjectives
compound nouns

Further reading

  • “Spur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Spur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Spur” in Duden online
  • Spur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Noun

Spur f (plural Spuren)

  1. Alternative spelling of Spuer
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