spretta

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (“to spring forth”), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb

spretta (third person singular past indicative spratt, third person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

1. to jump
2. to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of spretta (group v-49pp)

infinitive	spretta
supine	sprottið
	present	past
first singular	spretti	spratt
second singular	sprettur	spratst
third singular	sprettur	spratt
plural	spretta	spruttu
participle (a34)1	sprettandi	sprottin
	imperative
singular	sprett!
plural	sprettið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsprɛhta]
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse spretta (“to spring forth”), from Proto-Germanic *sprintaną; compare English sprint.

Verb

spretta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spratt, third-person plural past indicative spruttu, supine sprottið)

1. (intransitive) to spring forth, to rise
2. (intransitive) to grow (of hair, grass, etc.)

Conjugation

spretta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur	að spretta
supine sagnbót	sprottið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar	sprettandi
	indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
	present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sprett	spratt	spretti	sprytti
þú	sprettur	sprast	sprettir	spryttir
hann, hún, það	sprettur	spratt	spretti	sprytti
plural	við	sprettum	spruttum	sprettum	spryttum
þið	sprettið	spruttuð	sprettið	spryttuð
þeir, þær, þau	spretta	spruttu	spretti	spryttu
	imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprett (þú), sprettu
plural	þið	sprettið (þið), sprettiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sprottinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)	plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprottinn	sprottin	sprottið	sprottnir	sprottnar	sprottin
accusative (þolfall)	sprottinn	sprottna	sprottið	sprottna	sprottnar	sprottin
dative (þágufall)	sprottnum	sprottinni	sprottnu	sprottnum	sprottnum	sprottnum
genitive (eignarfall)	sprottins	sprottinnar	sprottins	sprottinna	sprottinna	sprottinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)	plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprottni	sprottna	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
accusative (þolfall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
dative (þágufall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu
genitive (eignarfall)	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottna	sprottnu	sprottnu	sprottnu

Derived terms

• spretta á fætur
• spretta af
• spretta upp

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse spretta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, thus a causative of etymology 1.

Verb

spretta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spretti, supine sprett)

1. to cause to spring forth [with dative]
2. to loose, to unfasten, to open [with dative]

Conjugation

spretta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur	að spretta
supine sagnbót	sprett
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar	sprettandi
	indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
	present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	spretti	spretti	spretti	spretti
þú	sprettir	sprettir	sprettir	sprettir
hann, hún, það	sprettir	spretti	spretti	spretti
plural	við	sprettum	sprettum	sprettum	sprettum
þið	sprettið	sprettuð	sprettið	sprettuð
þeir, þær, þau	spretta	sprettu	spretti	sprettu
	imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprett (þú), sprettu
plural	þið	sprettið (þið), sprettiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sprettast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur	að sprettast
supine sagnbót	sprest
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar	sprettandist (rare; see appendix)
	indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
	present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
þú	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
hann, hún, það	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist	sprettist
plural	við	sprettumst	sprettumst	sprettumst	sprettumst
þið	sprettist	sprettust	sprettist	sprettust
þeir, þær, þau	sprettast	sprettust	sprettist	sprettust
	imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sprest (þú), sprestu
plural	þið	sprettist (þið), sprettisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• spretta á
• spretta af hesti
• spretta úr spori

Etymology 3

Noun

spretta f (genitive singular sprettu, nominative plural sprettur)

1. (especially of grass) growth

Declension

Declension of spretta (feminine)

	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spretta	sprettan	sprettur	spretturnar
accusative	sprettu	sprettuna	sprettur	spretturnar
dative	sprettu	sprettunni	sprettum	sprettunum
genitive	sprettu	sprettunnar	spretta	sprettanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sprettet

Verb

spretta

1. inflection of sprette:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle (Verb 2)