sparen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sparen, from Old Dutch *sparon, from Proto-Germanic *sparōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspaːrə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spa‧ren
- Rhymes: -aːrən
Inflection
| Inflection of sparen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sparen | |||
| past singular | spaarde | |||
| past participle | gespaard | |||
| infinitive | sparen | |||
| gerund | sparen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spaar | spaarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spaart | spaarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spaart | spaarde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spaart | spaarde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spaart | spaarde | ||
| plural | sparen | spaarden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spare | spaarde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sparen | spaarden | ||
| imperative sing. | spaar | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spaart | |||
| participles | sparend | gespaard | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- besparen
- de kool en de geit sparen
- ontsparen
- opsparen
- spaarbank
- spaarbekken
- spaarboek
- spaarcent
- spaarder
- spaargeld
- spaarkas
- spaarlamp
- spaarloon
- spaarpot
- spaarquote
- spaarrekening
- spaarrente
- spaartegoed
- spaarvarken
- spaarzaam
- spaarzegel
- spaarzucht
- uitsparen
Descendants
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sparn, from Old High German sparēn, sparōn, from Proto-West Germanic *sparēn. Compare English spare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːrən/, [ˈʃpaː.ʁən], [ʃpaː(ɐ̯)n]
Audio (file) - Homophone: Spahn (some speakers, chiefly in casual speech)
Verb
sparen (weak, third-person singular present spart, past tense sparte, past participle gespart, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to save up; to accumulate, to put aside (for a specific purpose)
- Ich spare mein Geld für ein neues Auto.
- I'm saving my money for a new car.
- (transitive) to save, to conserve (for example energy)
- Die Heizung herunterdrehen, um Energie zu sparen.
- Turn the heat down to save energy.
- (transitive, figuratively, with reflexive dative, often with können) to save, be able to save (as unnecessary or useless), keep something to oneself
- Du kannst dir den Atem sparen, er hört nicht auf dich.
- You can save your breath, he's not listening to you.
- Spar dir dein Gesülze! ― Keep your smooth-talk to yourself!
- (ditransitive) to save, to spare (from effort, an unpleasant or unnecessary task)
- Synonym: ersparen (much more common)
- Danke für den Zucker, du sparst mir einen Besuch im Laden.
- Thanks for the sugar, you're sparing me a visit to the store.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sparen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | sparen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | sparend | ||||
| past participle | gespart | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich spare | wir sparen | i | ich spare | wir sparen |
| du sparst | ihr spart | du sparest | ihr sparet | ||
| er spart | sie sparen | er spare | sie sparen | ||
| preterite | ich sparte | wir sparten | ii | ich sparte1 | wir sparten1 |
| du spartest | ihr spartet | du spartest1 | ihr spartet1 | ||
| er sparte | sie sparten | er sparte1 | sie sparten1 | ||
| imperative | spar (du) spare (du) |
spart (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of sparen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- aussparen
- einsparen
- ersparen
- Sparbuch
- Sparbüchse
- Spareinlage
- Sparer
- spärlich
- sparsam
- Sparschwein
Further reading
- “sparen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sparen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “sparen” in Duden online
- “sparen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “sparen”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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