sparren

• IPA^(key): /spɑrə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑrən

From English spar.

sparren

1. to spar, to have a practice fight
2. to brainstorm, to exchange thoughts

   Synonyms: brainstormen, van gedachten uitwisselen

Conjugation of sparren (weak)
infinitive	sparren
past singular	sparde
past participle	gespard
infinitive	sparren
gerund	sparren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	spar	sparde
2nd person sing. (jij)	spart, spar2	sparde
2nd person sing. (u)	spart	sparde
2nd person sing. (gij)	spart	sparde
3rd person singular	spart	sparde
plural	sparren	sparden
subjunctive sing.1	sparre	sparde
subjunctive plur.1	sparren	sparden
imperative sing.	spar
imperative plur.1	spart
participles	sparrend	gespard
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

sparren

1. plural of spar

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German sperren, alongside Old English gesparrian; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną.

• spar, sparre, spare, sper, spere, speryn

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparən/, /ˈspaːrən/, /ˈspɛrən/, /ˈspɛːrən/

sparren

2. To close (to make closed):
   1. To lock; to bolt up.
   2. To buckle; to clasp up.
   3. To block; to seal up.
3. To hide or secrete; to store away:
   1. To confine; to imprison.
   2. To exclude; to expel.
4. To close (to become closed).

• English: spar
• Scots: spar

• “sparren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “spē̆ren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran, of unknown ultimate origin, perhaps related to Old Norse sperrask (“to kick out”). Or, a romance borrowing, from Middle French esparer (“to kick”), from old Italian sparare (“to fling”).^[1]

• sperren

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparən/, /ˈspɛrən/

sparren

2. To dart out; to strike out.

• English: spar

• “sparren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “sperren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

sparren

1. definite nominative singular of sparre