spørge

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”), Scottish English speer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsb̥ɶɐ̯wə], [ˈsb̥ɶɐ̯ʊ], [ˈsb̥ɶːɐ]
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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

Conjugation

Conjugation of spørge
active passive
present spørger spørges
past spurgte spurgtes
infinitive spørge spørges
imperative spørg —
participle
present spørgende
past spurgt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund spørgen

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References

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