sprinten

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint. Equivalent to sprint +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsprɪn.tə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sprin‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪntən

Verb

sprinten

  1. (intransitive) to sprint

Inflection

Inflection of sprinten (weak)
infinitive sprinten
past singular sprintte
past participle gesprint
infinitive sprinten
gerund sprinten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (jij) sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (u) sprint sprintte
2nd person sing. (gij) sprint sprintte
3rd person singular sprint sprintte
plural sprinten sprintten
subjunctive sing.1 sprinte sprintte
subjunctive plur.1 sprinten sprintten
imperative sing. sprint
imperative plur.1 sprint
participles sprintend gesprint
1) Archaic.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint +‎ -en, since the 1930s. The modern pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

Verb

sprinten (weak, third-person singular present sprintet, past tense sprintete, past participle gesprintet, auxiliary sein)

  1. (sports) to sprint (to partake in a sprinting competition)
  2. (sports) to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period)
  3. (informal) to run quickly
    Synonym: rennen

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Further reading

  • sprinten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sprinten” in Duden online
  • sprinten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съпрѧтьнъ (sŭprętĭnŭ). Compare Serbo-Croatian spretan, Slovene spreten, Bulgarian спретен (spreten).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sprinten m or n (feminine singular sprintenă, masculine plural sprinteni, feminine and neuter plural sprintene)

  1. agile, nimble, quick
  2. lively
  3. sharp, smart, keen

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Swedish

Noun

sprinten

  1. definite singular of sprint