Sput

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German

Etymology

The inherited continuation of Middle High German spuot (“success”), from Old High German spuot, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi, is still attested a few times in Early Modern German. Later use, however, entirely follows Low German Spood, from Middle Low German spôt, also from the West Germanic. See sputen for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sput f (genitive Sput, no plural)

  1. (very rare) haste, hurry, rush
    Hast und Sput tut selten gut.
    Haste and rush are seldom good.
  2. (very rare, obsolete) success
    Je größer Hast, je minder Sput.
    More haste, less speed.

Usage notes

  • Found exclusively in Standard German renderings of certain Low German proverbs and idioms such as the above. The sense “haste” is intelligible because of the related verb sputen, whereas the sense “success” requires special knowledge of Low German.

Declension

Declension of Sput
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Sput
genitive einer der Sput
dative einer der Sput
accusative eine die Sput
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