spruit

Afrikaans spruit

spruit (plural spruits)

1. (South Africa) A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.

• purist, stir up, tripus, uprist, upstir

From Dutch spruit, from Middle Dutch sprute. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.

spruit (plural spruite, diminutive spruitjie)

1. (geography) stream or small river; river branch

• Especially used in toponyms.

From Middle Dutch sprute, spruut, spruyte. Cognate with English sprite, sprout. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /sprœy̯t/

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• Rhymes: -œy̯t

spruit f (plural spruiten, diminutive spruitje n)

1. (botany) A sprout, shoot, a branch-like part of a plant which grows from the rest
2. A child, seen as a parent's offspring, usually said of a minor
3. (construction) A style or beam which rests on another
4. A branch of a plumbing pipe, rope etc.
5. (geography) A small river, river branch, especially used in South African toponyms

• bladspruit
• spruitjes (Brussels sprouts)
• spruitkool
• spruitzwam

• Afrikaans: spruit
• → Sranan Tongo: sproiti

spruit

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of spruiten
2. imperative of spruiten

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]