English

Verb

springe ‎(third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past and past participle springed)

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
   • Chaucer

     He would sowen some difficulty, / Or springen cockle in our cleane corn.

2. (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

Noun

springe ‎(plural springes)

1. (obsolete) snare
   • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 line 114

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

Anagrams

• pingers

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schpringe

Verb

springe ‎(third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)

1. to run
2. to jump, leap
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?

     So you didn't jump into the water?

3. to burst

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥g̑h.

Verb

springe ‎(imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)

1. jump, leap, spring
2. vault
3. bound
4. frisk, jump about
5. run
6. pop
7. scarper
8. back out
9. bounce
10. gush, spurt, play
11. break, snap,
12. burst, explode, go off

Dutch

Verb

springe

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of springen

German

Verb

springe

1. First-person singular present of springen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of springen.
4. Imperative singular of springen.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

Verb

springe

1. to jump

Inflection