spørge

See also: sporge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spyrja (“ask”), from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate of German spüren (“to sense”), Dutch speuren (“to search thoroughly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsb̥ɶɐ̯wə], [ˈsb̥ɶɐ̯ʊ], [ˈsb̥ɶːɐ]
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Verb

spørge (imperative spørg, infinitive at spørge, present tense spørger, past tense spurgte, perfect tense har spurgt)

  1. to ask, inquire
    De spurgte (mig), om jeg havde set noget.
    They asked (me) if I had seen anything.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to find out about, to learn about

Conjugation
Inflection of spørge
present past
simple spørger spurgte
perfect har spurgt havde spurgt
passive spørges spurgtes
participle spørgende spurgt
imperative spørg —
infinitive spørge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund spørgen —

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