sperren

See also: Sperren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sperren.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrən

Verb

sperren

  1. to bar, inhibit

Inflection

Inflection of sperren (weak)
infinitive sperren
past singular sperde
past participle gesperd
infinitive sperren
gerund sperren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spersperde
2nd person sing. (jij) spertsperde
2nd person sing. (u) spertsperde
2nd person sing. (gij) spertsperde
3rd person singular spertsperde
plural sperrensperden
subjunctive sing.1 sperresperde
subjunctive plur.1 sperrensperden
imperative sing. sper
imperative plur.1 spert
participles sperrendgesperd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms


German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German sperran. Cognate with English spar (to bolt, bar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛʁən/, [ˈʃpɛʁn]
  • Hyphenation: sper‧ren
  • (file)

Verb

sperren (third-person singular simple present sperrt, past tense sperrte, past participle gesperrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bar (entry to a place or system)
  2. to space out the letters of a word or text, for emphasis
    An example of a spaced out word.
    Dieser Satz ist nicht gesperrt gedruckt. Dieser Satz ist gesperrt gedruckt.
    This sentence is not printed spaced out. This sentence is printed spaced out.
  3. (computing) to lock (to set measures in order to prevent access to a resource)
  4. (computing) to deactivate, to disable (to put a software functionality out of operation)
    Synonyms: deaktivieren, ausschalten
    Antonym: freigeben

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


Middle Dutch

Verb

sperren

  1. to close off, to block
  2. to stretch, to put tension on
  3. to span, to spread

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • sperren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • sperren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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