spruten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, *spreutaną.

Verb

spruten

  1. to sprout
  2. to arise, to form

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: spruiten
    • Afrikaans: spruit
    • → Papiamentu: sprùit, spreit, spruit

Further reading

  • “spruten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spruten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sprūtan, from Proto-Germanic *sprūtaną, variant of *spreutaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspruːtən/

Verb

spruten

  1. To emerge or sprout; to begin to grow (of plants).
  2. To experience growth or growing; to mature.
  3. (rare) To plant; to tend to plants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spruten (strong class 6 or weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) spruten, sprute
present tense past tense
1st-person singular sprute sprot, spruted
2nd-person singular sprutest sprote, sprot, sprutedest
3rd-person singular spruteth sprot, spruted
subjunctive singular sprute sprote1, spruted1
imperative singular —
plural2 spruten, sprute sproten, sprote, spruteden, sprutede
imperative plural spruteth, sprute —
participles sprutynge, sprutende sproten, sprote, spruted

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Swedish

Noun

spruten

  1. definite plural of sprut

West Frisian

Noun

spruten

  1. plural of sprút
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