sperre

sperre

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of sperren

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sperre

1. inflection of sperren:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Inherited from Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperren, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną.^[1]

Cognate with German sperren.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɛrə/
• Rhymes: -ɛrə
• Hyphenation: sper‧re

sperre(intransitive or transitive with accusative)

1. to lock
2. to confine; to restrain

• insperre

sperre

1. Alternative form of spere (“spear”)

sperre

1. Alternative form of spere (“partition”)

sperre

1. Alternative form of sparre

From Old Norse sperra and Middle Low German sperren.

sperre (imperative sperr, present tense sperrer, simple past and past participle sperra or sperret, present participle sperrende)

1. to block

• sperrebånd
• sperring

• “sperre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sperra and Middle Low German sperren.

sperre (present tense sperrar, past tense sperra, past participle sperra, passive infinitive sperrast, present participle sperrande, imperative sperre/sperr)

1. to block

• sperra

• sperring

• “sperre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.