spörja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spyria, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Norwegian Nynorsk spørje, spørja, Danish spørge, Icelandic spyrja, Faroese spyrja, Westrobothnian spöri, Dutch speuren, German spüren, Luxembourgish spieren, English speer, speir, spere and Scots speir.

Verb

spörja

  1. (dated) to ask, to learn, to get news (after having asked around)
    Skall ni verkligen bli läkare? sporde hon en dag
    Are you really becoming a doctor? she asked one day
    han hade sport att påvens munskänk var död
    he had learned that the pope's cupbearer was dead

Conjugation
Conjugation of spörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spörja spörjas
Present tense spörjer spörjs , spörjes
Past tense sporde spordes
Supine sport sports
Imperative spörj —
Present participle spörjande
Past participle spord

Synonyms
  • spörsmål
  • tillspörja

References
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