sprede

See also: sprède

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sprethæ, from Middle Low German sprēden, spreiden, from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”). Cognate with English spread and German spreiten. Due to the absence of this word in Old Icelandic, the Danish word as well as Norwegian Bokmål spre, Norwegian Nynorsk spreie and Swedish sprida are probably borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ʁɛːðə], [ˈsb̥ʁæːðə]

Verb

sprede (imperative spred, infinitive at sprede, present tense spreder, past tense spredte, perfect tense spredt)

1. (transitive) to spread

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprede

active passive present spreder spredes past spredte spredtes infinitive sprede spredes imperative spred — participle present spredende past spredt (auxiliary verb have) gerund spreden

Derived terms

• spredning
• spreder
• udsprede

See also

• sprøjte

References

• “sprede” in Den Danske Ordbog