sperren
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sperren.
Pronunciation
Verb
sperren
Conjugation
| Conjugation of sperren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sperren | |||
| past singular | sperde | |||
| past participle | gesperd | |||
| infinitive | sperren | |||
| gerund | sperren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sper | sperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spert, sper2 | sperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spert | sperde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spert | sperde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spert | sperde | ||
| plural | sperren | sperden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | sperre | sperde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sperren | sperden | ||
| imperative sing. | sper | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spert | |||
| participles | sperrend | gesperd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
German
Etymology
From Middle High German , from Old High German sperran. Cognate with English spar (“to bolt, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną (“to block, bar”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sperren (weak, third-person singular present sperrt, past tense sperrte, past participle gesperrt, auxiliary haben)
- to bar (entry to a place or system)
- to space out the letters of a word or text, for emphasis
An example of a spaced out word. - Dieser Satz ist nicht gesperrt gedruckt. Dieser Satz ist gesperrt gedruckt.
- This sentence is not printed spaced out. This sentence is printed spaced out.
- (computing) to block, lock (to set measures in order to prevent access to a resource)
- (computing) to deactivate, to disable (to put a software functionality out of operation)
- Synonyms: deaktivieren, ausschalten
- Antonym: freigeben
Conjugation
| infinitive | sperren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | sperrend | ||||
| past participle | gesperrt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich sperre | wir sperren | i | ich sperre | wir sperren |
| du sperrst | ihr sperrt | du sperrest | ihr sperret | ||
| er sperrt | sie sperren | er sperre | sie sperren | ||
| preterite | ich sperrte | wir sperrten | ii | ich sperrte1 | wir sperrten1 |
| du sperrtest | ihr sperrtet | du sperrtest1 | ihr sperrtet1 | ||
| er sperrte | sie sperrten | er sperrte1 | sie sperrten1 | ||
| imperative | sperr (du) sperre (du) |
sperrt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sperren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sperren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “sperren” in Duden online
- “sperren” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *sperren, from Frankish *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną (“to block, bar”).
Verb
sperren
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “sperren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sperren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
sperren
- Alternative form of sparren (“to dart out”)