språng

See also: sprang and spräng

Swedish

Etymology

From springa (“to run, to leap, to jump”).

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Noun

språng n

  1. a leap, a bound (long, powerful jump)
    Med ett språng var katten uppe på bordet
    With a leap, the cat was up on the table
    Det stora språnget
    The Great Leap Forward (China 1958-1961)
  2. running
    sätta av i fullt språng
    set off at full speed
    vara på språng
    be on the go (idiomatic)
  3. sheer (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of språng
nominative genitive
singular indefinite språng språngs
definite språnget språngets
plural indefinite språng språngs
definite sprången språngens

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