spørge

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See also: sporge

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)

  1. to ask, inquire
    De spurgte (mig), om jeg havde set noget.
    They asked (me) if I had seen anything.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to find out about, to learn about

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