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

Descendants

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