FromMiddle High Germanspore, fromOld High Germansporo, fromProto-West Germanic*sporō, fromProto-Germanic*spurô.
Cognate withDutchspoor,Englishspur. The final-n of the modern form is from the Middle High German inflected forms. The development of a singular in-n with plural in-en is unique, though somewhat similar to that inHerr.
- IPA(key): /ʃpɔrn/,[ʃpɔʁn],[ʃpɔɐ̯n],[ʃpɔːn]
Sporn m (strong,genitiveSpornsorSpornes,pluralSporenorSporne)
- spur
- In the literal sense “implement for prodding a horse”, the plural is almost alwaysSporen. The formSporne is used in some derived senses and compounds.
Declension ofSporn [masculine, strong]
- “Sporn” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sporn” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Sporn” inDuden online
- “Sporn” inOpenThesaurus.de
Sporn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade
