sprekan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɛkɑn/

Verb

sprekan

1. to speak
   • Heliand, verse 2658

     Sō farmunste ina that manno folc endi sprākun im gimēdlic uuord

     So the mankind despised him and spoke with foolish words about him

   • Heliand, verse 2026-2027

     Te huī sprikis thū thes wīf, sō filu manos mī far thesoro mėnigi?

     Why do you speak of that, woman, so much (you) remind me pressingly in front of this crowd?

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprekan (strong class 5)

infinitive	sprekan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	spriku	sprak
2nd person singular	sprikis	sprāki
3rd person singular	sprikid	sprak
plural	sprekad	sprākun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	spreke	sprāki
2nd person singular	sprekes	sprākis
3rd person singular	spreke	sprāki
plural	spreken	sprākin
imperative	present
singular	sprek
plural	sprekad
participle	present	past
	sprikandi	gisprekan, sprekan

Derived terms

• gisprekan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sprēken
  • Low German: spreken
  • Plautdietsch: spräakjen