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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse spyrja (“ask”), from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate of German spüren (“to sense”), Dutch speuren (“to search thoroughly”).
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Verb
spørge (imperative spørg, infinitive at spørge, present tense spørger, past tense spurgte, perfect tense har spurgt)
- to ask, inquire
De spurgte (mig), om jeg havde set noget.- They asked (me) if I had seen anything.
- (obsolete, transitive) to find out about, to learn about
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