sprengen

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sprengen

1. plural of spreng

From Middle High German sprengen, from Old High German sprengen, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpʁɛŋən/

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• Hyphenation: spren‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɛŋən

sprengen (weak, third-person singular present sprengt, past tense sprengte, past participle gesprengt, auxiliary haben)

1. to blow up, to blast
2. (horticulture) to sprinkle

• die Bank sprengen
• Sprengkraft

• “sprengen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sprengen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “sprengen” in Duden online
• “sprengen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• sprenge, springe

Inherited from Old English sprenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną; compare spryngen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɛnd͡ʒən/, /ˈsprind͡ʒən/

sprengen (third-person singular simple present sprengeth, present participle sprengende, sprengynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sprenged)

1. To sprinkle or asperse; to spread in small drops or bits.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shipmans Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:

     He wolden sowen som difficultee, / Or springen cockle in our clene corn.

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2. To diffuse or spray with a mist or gas.
3. To combine or intermingle; to (cause to) become blended.
4. (figuratively) To cleanse or purify from taint.
5. (rare, of the sun) To rise; to emerge or appear.

• English: springe (obsolete)

• “sprenǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.