spørge

See also: sporge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spyrja (“ask”), from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spœrɡə/, [ˈsb̥ɶːʊ̯], [ˈsb̥ɶːɐ̯]

Verb

spørge (imperative spørg, infinitive at spørge, present tense spørger, past tense spurgte, perfect tense har spurgt)

to ask, inquire
De spurgte (mig), om jeg havde set noget.
They asked (me) if I had seen anything.

Antonyms

svare

Derived terms

efterspørge
forespørge
rådspørge
spørgsmål
udspørge

References

“spørge” in Den Danske Ordbog

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