sprekan

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

sprekan

  1. to speak
    Sō farmunste ina that manno folc endi sprākun im gimēdlic uuord
    So the mankind despised him and spoke with foolish words about him
    (Heliand, verse 2658)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprekan (strong class 5)
infinitive sprekan
indicative present past
1st person singular spriku sprak
2nd person singular sprikis sprāki
3rd person singular sprikid sprak
plural sprekad sprākun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular spreke sprāki
2nd person singular sprekes sprākis
3rd person singular spreke sprāki
plural spreken sprākin
imperative present
singular sprek
plural sprekad
participle present past
sprikandi gisprekan, sprekan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: sprēken
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