Spur
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.
Proper noun
[edit]Spur (plural Spurs)
- An occupational surname from Middle English
Synonyms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Spur (plural Spurs)
- (soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Spur f (genitive Spur, plural Spuren)
- trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
- trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
- 1995, “Du riechst so gut”, performed by Rammstein:
- Die Spur ist frisch und auf die Brücke
Tropft dein Schweiß, dein warmes Blut
Ich seh' dich nicht
Ich riech' dich nur ich spüre dich
Ein Raubtier, das vor Hunger schreit
Wittere ich dich meilenweit- The trail is fresh and on the bridge
Your sweat drips, your warm blood
I don't see you
I smell you I only sense you
A predator that screams of hunger
I smell you from miles away
- The trail is fresh and on the bridge
- lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
- lane (of a street, road)
- (music) track
- (mathematics) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Spur [feminine]
Hyponyms
[edit]- Blutspur (“blood trail, trail of blood”)
- Bremsspur
- Fahrspur (“lane”)
- Fußspur
- Ölspur
- Radspur (“wheel track”)
- Wagenspur (“wheel track”)
- Tonspur
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
compound nouns
Further reading
[edit]- “Spur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Spur” in Duden online
- Spur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Spur f (plural Spuren)
- Alternative spelling of Spuer
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