sprengen
German (Berlin)
/ʃpʁɛŋən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to blow up, to blast
- (gardening) to sprinkle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sprengen inherited from Old High German sprengen inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (cause to spring).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sprangijaną
Gloss
cause to spring
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sprink English
- sprinkle English
- Falle German
- Kraft German
- Sprengfalle German
- Sprengkraft German
- *sprangijaną Proto-Germanic
- *springaną Proto-Germanic
- *sprencan Old English
- sprengan Old English
- sprengen Old English
- sprengen Middle English
- sprengja Old Norse
- sprænge Danish
- sprængstof Danish
- sprengen Old High German
- sprengen Middle High German
- sprengian Old Saxon
- sprengge Alemannic German