spüren
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German spüren, spuren, spurn, from Old High German spurien, spurren, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with dialectal English speer, Swedish spörja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spüren (weak, third-person singular present spürt, past tense spürte, past participle gespürt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to sense, to detect, to perceive
- Warte! Ich spüre Gefahr.
- Wait! I sense danger.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | spüren | ||||
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present participle | spürend | ||||
past participle | gespürt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spüre | wir spüren | i | ich spüre | wir spüren |
du spürst | ihr spürt | du spürest | ihr spüret | ||
er spürt | sie spüren | er spüre | sie spüren | ||
preterite | ich spürte | wir spürten | ii | ich spürte1 | wir spürten1 |
du spürtest | ihr spürtet | du spürtest1 | ihr spürtet1 | ||
er spürte | sie spürten | er spürte1 | sie spürten1 | ||
imperative | spür (du) spüre (du) |
spürt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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