spå
See also: Appendix:Variations of "spa"
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish spå. A variant of *spehōną, which is the source of German spähen (“to spy”) (and, via French, English spy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɔːˀ/, [ˈsb̥ɔˀ]
Conjugation
References
- “spå” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
spå (imperative spå, present tense spår, passive spås, simple past spådde, past participle spådd, present participle spående)
Related terms
References
- “spå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną. Related to Latin specere (“to see”).
Verb
spå (present tense spår, past tense spådde, past participle spådd or spått, passive infinitive spåast, present participle spåande, imperative spå)
References
- “spå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spoː/
- Rhymes: -oː
Conjugation
Conjugation of spå (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | spå | spås | ||
Supine | spått | spåtts | ||
Imperative | spå | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | spån | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spår | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Ind. plural1 | spå | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Subjunctive2 | spå | spådde | spås | spåddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spående | |||
Past participle | spådd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms
- (foretell): sia
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