sprinten
See also: Sprinten
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint. Equivalent to sprint + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsprɪn.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: sprin‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɪntən
Verb
sprinten
- (intransitive) to sprint
Conjugation
| Conjugation of sprinten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sprinten | |||
| past singular | sprintte | |||
| past participle | gesprint | |||
| infinitive | sprinten | |||
| gerund | sprinten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sprint | sprintte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | sprint | sprintte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | sprint | sprintte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | sprint | sprintte | ||
| 3rd person singular | sprint | sprintte | ||
| plural | sprinten | sprintten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | sprinte | sprintte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sprinten | sprintten | ||
| imperative sing. | sprint | |||
| imperative plur.1 | sprint | |||
| participles | sprintend | gesprint | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint + -en, since the 1930s. The modern pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpʁɪntn̩/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file)
Verb
sprinten (weak, third-person singular present sprintet, past tense sprintete, past participle gesprintet, auxiliary sein)
- (sports) to sprint (to partake in a sprinting competition)
- (sports) to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period)
- (informal) to run quickly
- Synonym: rennen
Conjugation
Conjugation of sprinten (weak, auxiliary sein)
| infinitive | sprinten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | sprintend | ||||
| past participle | gesprintet | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich sprinte | wir sprinten | i | ich sprinte | wir sprinten |
| du sprintest | ihr sprintet | du sprintest | ihr sprintet | ||
| er sprintet | sie sprinten | er sprinte | sie sprinten | ||
| preterite | ich sprintete | wir sprinteten | ii | ich sprintete1 | wir sprinteten1 |
| du sprintetest | ihr sprintetet | du sprintetest1 | ihr sprintetet1 | ||
| er sprintete | sie sprinteten | er sprintete1 | sie sprinteten1 | ||
| imperative | sprint (du) sprinte (du) |
sprintet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of sprinten (weak, auxiliary sein)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sprinten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sprinten” in Duden online
- “sprinten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съпрѧтьнъ (sŭprętĭnŭ). Compare Serbo-Croatian spretan, Slovene spreten, Bulgarian спретен (spreten).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsprin.ten/
Adjective
sprinten m or n (feminine singular sprintenă, masculine plural sprinteni, feminine and neuter plural sprintene)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | sprinten | sprintenă | sprinteni | sprintene | |||
| definite | sprintenul | sprintena | sprintenii | sprintenele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | sprinten | sprintene | sprinteni | sprintene | |||
| definite | sprintenului | sprintenei | sprintenilor | sprintenelor | ||||
Synonyms
- (agile, nimble): agil, iute, rapid, repede
- (lively): vioi
- (sharp, keen, smart): ager, deștept, isteț
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
sprinten
- definite singular of sprint