Spring

English

Verb

Spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springing, simple past sprang or sprung, past participle sprung)

1. To start to exist.

   Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.

   • 2011 Sam Sheringham Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers

   Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.

2. To jump or leap.

   He sprang up from his seat.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , Chapter 5

     Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf , Jacob's Room Chapter 2

     Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.

3. (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.

Notes

• The past-tense forms sprang and sprung are both well attested historically. In modern usage, sprang is comparatively formal (and more often considered correct), sprung comparatively informal. The past participle, however, is overwhelmingly sprung; sprang as a past participle is attested, but is no longer in standard use.

Synonyms

• (start to exist): be born, come into being, come into existence
• (jump, leap): bound, jump, leap
• (release or set free): free, let out, release, spring loose

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb to spring

hope springs eternal outspring overspring respring spring a butt spring an arch spring a leak spring a rattle spring at springel springer spring for spring forth

spring-hare spring in springing spring into action spring-jack spring-lobster spring loose spring on spring the luff spring to mind spring-tree spring up upspring

Related terms

Terms related to the verb to spring

sprang springwort sprung to-spring unspring

Noun

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A coil spring (mechanical device)

Spring (countable and uncountable; plural Springs)

1. (countable) Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer.
2. (countable) Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern).
3. (countable) The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See 15px Spring (season) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Spring (season) for other variations.)
4. (countable) Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon.
5. (countable) A place where water emerges from the ground.
6. (uncountable) The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc.
7. (countable) A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched.
8. (countable, nautical) A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging.
9. (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
10. (countable) The source of an action
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 9.

      ... discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?

Notes

• Note that season names are usually spelled in all lowercase letters in English. This is contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always spelled with a capitalized first letter, for example Thursday or September.

Synonyms

• (place where water emerges from the ground): fount, source
• (property of a body of springing to its original form): bounce, bounciness, elasticity, resilience, springiness
• (slang: erection of the penis): boner, chubby, hard-on, stiffy, woody; see also "erection" in WikiSaurus
• (source of an action): impetus, impulse

Antonyms

• (spring tide): neap tide

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun spring

advance spring after-spring afterspring air spring air-spring anti-rattle spring Arlington Springs Man Arlington Springs Woman artesian spring austral spring autumn-spring auxiliary spring balance spring Barton Springs salamander bedspring Beijing Spring Belleville spring bending spring Berber Spring boiling spring border spring bow spring box spring, box-spring brine spring brush spring buckling spring Caballine spring Cambridge Springs defence, Cambridge Springs defense cantilever spring card spring cart spring cee spring, cee-spring, C spring, c-spring clock spring closed spring coiled spring sign coil spring coil spring clutch ColdSpring compression spring contact spring Croatian Spring cupped spring washer Damascus Spring damper spring day-spring, dayspring detent ball and spring diaphragm spring door hold-open spring draw-spring, drawspring driving spring extension spring extra spring farewell-to-spring finger spring flat spring float bumper spring footsteps-of-spring forest-spring encephalitis garter spring gas spring graduated spring haemoglobin Constant Spring, hemoglobin Constant Spring hairspring hand-spring, handspring harbinger-of-spring headspring helical spring helper spring hot spring hydrospring Indian spring low water innerspring inside spring caliper jagger spring Jesus spring Kesling spring laminated spring land-spring laspring latter spring leaf spring, leaf-spring lifespring locating spring loop spring mainspring master-spring mean high water spring mean low water spring

meshing spring mid-spring mineral spring motor spring natural spring negative spring offspring ofspring open spring Operation Spring Awakening Operation Spring Cleanup Operation Spring of Youth outside spring caliper outspring overload spring paddle spring parabolic spring Pierian Spring piston spring Prague Spring progressive rate spring progressive valve spring progressively wound valve spring rattle spring restoring spring retainer spring tool retro-spring return spring Russian spring-summer encephalitis saddle-spring salt spring sear spring sea-spring seepage spring semi-elliptic spring separating spring shoe return spring single rate spring soda spring spiral spring splayed spring spreader spring spring-action Spring and Autumn Period spring azure spring back, spring-back Springbal spring balance Spring Bank Holiday spring bar spring-based spring baton spring beam, spring-beam spring beating spring beating spoon spring beauty, spring-beauty spring bed spring beetle, spring-beetle spring-bell spring-biased spring binder, spring-binder spring-binding spring-bladed spring bloom spring-board, springboard spring bolt spring booster spring bow spring bows spring box spring brake spring branch, spring-branch spring break spring cabbage spring cankerworm spring cap spring-carriage spring-cart spring catch spring channel binder spring chicken spring choke spring clamp spring-cleaning spring cleavers spring clip spring clutch spring collar spring collet

spring compressor spring conjunctivitis spring constant spring cress spring crocus spring crust Spring Day spring disease spring divider spring drive spring dwindling springed spring ephemeral spring equation spring equinox springet spring eye Springfest spring festival spring fever spring finger springfish spring-flood spring fly spring force springform pan spring frog spring-froth springful spring garden spring gentian spring ginger spring grass, spring-grass spring green spring greens spring gun, spring-gun spring hanger spring hare, spring-hare, springhare spring-head, springhead spring-headed spring heath spring-heeled spring herring spring hock spring-hole Spring Holiday spring hook spring-house, springhouse spring in one's step springish spring isolator spring juices spring-keeper, springkeeper spring lamb spring lancet spring latch springle springless springlet spring ligament spring-like, springlike spring line, springline spring line settlement, springline settlement springling spring-loaded spring lock, spring-lock, springlock spring lock washer spring-locked spring mattress spring melt spring mix The Spring of Arda The Spring Offensive The Spring of Nations spring of pork spring of the leaf spring of the year spring onion spring ophthalmia spring overshoot spring overturn Spring Palace spring pasque flower spring peeper spring pin spring-pit spring planting spring plate

spring-pottage spring rail spring rate spring-release spring ring clasp spring roll spring-run fish spring runoff spring rye spring sail spring salmon spring-salt spring scale spring scalecap spring seat spring shackle spring sludge spring snow spring soup springspotter spring squill spring stay spring steel spring suspension spring sweep spring tail, spring-tail, springtail spring tapping spring-teller spring temper spring thaw spring tide spring-tide, springtide spring time, spring-time, springtime spring-tooth spring training spring-tree Spring Triangle spring-type brake actuator spring usher spring vetch spring vetchling spring wagon spring wagtail spring washer spring water, spring-water, springwater spring-well spring wheat spring windup spring wood, spring-wood, springwood springy steel spring sulfur spring, sulphur spring tensioning spring tension spring thermal spring thermostatic spring choke throttle return spring torsion spring trailing spring truss spring steel underspring upholstery coil spring uprighting spring upspring valve spring valve spring cap valve spring collar valve spring compressor valve spring depressor valve spring lifter valve spring retainer valve spring seat variable rate spring variable spring vauclusian spring vintage spring volute spring V-spring wall spring warm spring watch main spring steel watch-spring water-spring wave spring weeping spring well-spring, wellspring zero-length spring Z spring

Related terms

Terms related to the noun spring

aspring atspring bespring espringal rumspringa springal, springald

springboc, springbock springbok springe spring-haas, springhaas springhalt springle

Adjectives for Spring

trickling; sparkling; hasty; delightful; elegant; plashy; convulsive; fruitless; smiling; wayside; copious; muscular; bubbling; sagging; clear; perpetual; tongue-tied; secret crystal; bitter; inexhaustible; powerful quivering; amorous-breathing; bursting fern-wreathed; purling; covert; young whispering; tardy; lasting; latent; limpid; filthy; lagging; balmy; exulting; budding; portentous; endless; sinuous; babbling; unfading; living; phantom; fathomless; unsealed; humbler; unusual.

Verbs for Spring

apostrophize—; bid—to; greet—; hail— prophesy—; reveal—; salute—; taste— welcome—; —adorns; —arrives; —boasts —breathes; —brings; —bursts ; —calls forth; —comes; —cries; —departs; —flies; —flourishes; —forsakes; —greets; —laughs; —murmurs; —questions; —returns; —rushes; —says good-bye; —smiles; —spreads —supplies; —takes leave; —takes wing; — unbosoms; —unlocks ; —visits; —wakens —whips away; —works.

See also

autumn, summer, winter.

Adverbs for Spring

agilely; impetuously; hazardously; independently; amazingly; spontaneously; impulsively; joyously; viciously; vindictively; dexterously.

Thesaurus

Eastertide, Highland fling, Lastex, Maytime, accrue from, adaptability, adolescence, aestival, air mattress, airiness, ambition, anabasis, and jump, appear, arctic, arise, arrive, ascension, ascent, aspiration, autumn, autumnal, backfire, backlash, backlashing, balance spring, baleen, basis, baths, battledore, be born, be contingent on, be due to, bedding, bedspring, begin, beginning, bend, bevy, birth, blast, blitz, blow to pieces, blow up, bolster, bolt, bomb, bombard, bonanza, boomerang, boreal, bounce, bounce back, bounciness, bound, bound back, broach, broad jump, brumal, buck, buckjump, buckle, bud from, budtime, buoyance, buoyancy, burst forth, calling, canicular, cannon, cannon off, canter, capriole, carom, casino, cause, charm, chewing gum, chink, clamber, clear, cleave, climb, climbing, cloud, club, clubhouse, come, come from, come into being, come into existence, come out, come out of, come up, commence, consideration, contort, contrecoup, cornucopia, covey, crack, crevasse, crook, crumple, curvet, cushion, cut, cut open, dart, demivolt, depend on, derive from, descend from, discharge, dispart, distort, divaricate, divide, elastic, elasticity, elastomer, elevation, emanate, emanate from, emancipate, emerge, emerge from, ensue from, equinoctial, escalade, evolve, excitant, extensibility, fissure, flexibility, flight, flock, flow, flow from, fly, fly back, fly open, flying jump, follow from, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, fox-trot, gaggle, galliard, gallop, gambling house, gathering place, gelandesprung, germinate from, get, git, give, gnarl, goal, gold mine, grand jete, greenness, ground, grow, grow from, grow out of, guiding light, guiding star, gum, gum elastic, gush, gyring up, hairspring, handball, handspring, hang on, hangout, hatch, haunt, have repercussions, head, headspring, headstream, headwater, health resort, hibernal, hiemal, high jump, hightail, hinge on, hippety-hop, hive, hop, hop along, hotfoot, hurdle, ideal, impetus, incise, incitement, increase, innerspring mattress, inspiration, intention, issue, issue from, jet, jete, jig, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off, jumping jack, juvenility, kick, kick back, kickback, knot, lash back, lavolta, lay open, leap, leap over, leapfrog, levitation, liberate, litter, liveliness, lode, lodestar, long jump, loom, loose, lop, lope, mainspring, make tracks, manumit, mat, matter, mattress, meeting place, midsummer, midwinter, mine, morris, motive, mount, mounting, murmuration, negotiate, ope, open, open up, origin, originate, originate in, out of season, overjump, overleap, overskip, pad, pallet, part, pay for, pillow, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, primavera, prime, principle, proceed, proceed from, puberty, pubescence, purlieu, quarry, racket, rallying point, reason, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, release, rent, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, resile, resilience, resiliency, resort, resource, responsiveness, ricochet, rift, rip, rise, rising, rive, riverhead, rocketing up, root, rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, rug, run, running broad jump, running high jump, sake, saltation, saut de basque, score, screw, seasonal, seedtime, separate, shock absorber, shoot up, shooting up, skein, ski jump, skip, skitter, sleeping bag, slit, snap, snap back, soaring, solstitial, source, source of supply, spa, spandex, split, spout, spread, spread out, sprightliness, spring back, spring from, spring open, springboard, springhead, springiness, springlike, springs, springtide, springtime, sprint, sprout, sprout from, spurt, stamping ground, staple, start, start aside, start up, startle, steeplechase, stem, stem from, step, step along, step lively, stimulant, stimulus, stretch, stretch fabric, stretchability, stretchiness, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, surge, swarm, swing open, takeoff, taking off, tap, tear, tear open, throw open, tone, tonicity, tonus, tour jete, trampoline, trip, trot, turn, turn awry, turn on, twist, ulterior motive, unbind, unchain, underbed, underbedding, unshackle, upclimb, upcoming, updive, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspring, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, vein, vernal, vocation, warp, watch, watering place, well, wellhead, wellspring, whalebone, whence, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, yield, youthfulness, youthhood, zooming

Pronunciation

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• enPR: sprĭng, IPA: /sprɪŋ/, SAMPA: /sprIN/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology

Middle English springen, from Old English springan, from Proto-Germanic *springanan (cf. West Frisian {{ Template:Fry/script |springe| face=term | lang=fry }}, Dutch/German springen, Swedish springa), from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥g̑h (compare Lithuanian spreñgti ‘to push in’, Old Church Slavonic pręgti ‘to spin, stretch’, Ancient Greek spérchesthai ‘to hasten’, Sanskrit spṛhayati ‘is eager’).

Sense of ‘season’ 1547, from earlier springing time, spring-time, in sense of buds sprouting or “spring” up. This replaced Old English Lent by the 14th century.

Sense of ‘source of water’ attested circa 1225.

Translations

Verb

start to exist

Basque: jaio (eu) Bulgarian: появявам се Danish: springe (da) Dutch: ontspringen (nl), ontspruiten (nl), ontstaan (nl) Finnish: nousta (fi), syntyä (fi) French: naître (fr) German: entspringen (de) Greek: ξεπροβάλλω (el) (kseprovállo), ξεφυτρώνω (el) (ksefytróno) Italian: nascere (it), generarsi (it), formarsi (it)

Japanese: 跳ね上がる (はねあがる, hane-agaru), 跳ねる (はねる, haneru) Luxembourgish: entsprangen  (lb) Macedonian: се појавува (mk) (se pojávuva) Maltese: tfaċċa (mt) Portuguese: nascer (pt) Russian: возникать (ru), брать начало (ru) Spanish: nacer (es) Turkish: ortaya çıkıvermek (tr), belirivermek (tr)

jump or leap

Basque: saltatu (eu) Bulgarian: скачам (bg) Danish: springe (da), hoppe (da) Dutch: springen (nl) Finnish: hypätä (fi), ponnahtaa (fi) French: sauter (fr) German: springen (de) Greek: αναπηδώ (el) (anapidó), ξεπετάγομαι (el) (ksepetágomai), πετάγομαι (el) (petágomai) Indonesian: melompat Italian: saltare (it)

Latin: circumsilio (la) Luxembourgish: sprangen (lb) Macedonian: отскокнува (mk) (otskóknuva), скокнува (mk) (skóknuva) Maltese: qabża (mt) Portuguese: saltar (pt) Russian: прыгать (ru) (prýgat'), скакать (ru) (skakát'); вскакивать (ru) (vskákivat') Scottish Gaelic: leum (gd) Spanish: saltar (es) Swedish: hoppa (sv) Turkish: sıçramak (tr), fırlamak (tr) West Frisian: springe (fy)

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Hebrew: זינק (he) (zinék)

Noun

season

Afrikaans: lente (af) Albanian: pranverë (sq) Arabic: ربيع (ar) (rabii3) m. Armenian: գարուն (hy) (garun) Aromanian: primuvearã Asturian: primavera f. Azeri: yaz (az), bahar (az) Bashkir: яҙ (jað) Basque: udaberri (eu) Belarusian: вясна (be) (vjasná) f. Bengali: বসন্ত (bn) (bôshônto) Bosnian: proljeće (bs) n. Breton: nevezamzer (br) f. Bulgarian: пролет (bg) (prólet) m. Catalan: primavera (ca) f. Chechen: бӀаьсте̄ Chinese: Mandarin: 春天 (cmn) (chūntiān), 春季 (cmn) (chūnjì) Croatian: proljeće (hr) n. Czech: jaro (cs) n. Danish: forår (da) c. Dutch: lente (nl) m., voorjaar (nl) n. Esperanto: printempo (eo) m. Estonian: kevad (et) Finnish: kevät (fi) French: printemps (fr) m. Galician: primavera f. Georgian: გაზაფხული (ka) (gazap'xuli) German: Frühling (de) m., Lenz (de) m., Frühjahr (de) n. Greek: άνοιξη (el) (ánoiksi) f., (formal) έαρ (el) (éar) n. Hebrew: אביב (he) (avív) m. Hindi: बसंत (hi) (basant) m., वसंत (hi) (vasant) m., बहार (hi) (bahār) f. Hungarian: tavasz (hu) Icelandic: vor (is) n. Ido: printempo (io) Indonesian: musim semi Interlingua: primavera Irish: earrach (ga) m. Italian: primavera (it) f. Japanese: 春 (ja) (はる, haru) Karelian: kevät Kazakh: көктем (kk) (köktem) Khmer: ឧតុរាជ (km) (ʔuʔtoʔ riec) Korean: 봄 (ko) (bom) Kurdish: bihar, به‌هار Lao: ວະສັນ (lo) (wā săn), ວະສັນຕະ (lo) (wā săn tá), ວະສັນຕະຣະດູ (lo) (wā săn tá rā duː) Latin: vēr (la) n.

Latvian: pavasaris (lv) m. Lithuanian: pavasaris (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Fréijoer (lb) n. Macedonian: пролет (mk) (prólet) f. Malay: musim semi (ms) Maltese: rebbiegħa (mt) f. Manchu: niyengniyeri Maori: koanga Mongolian: хавар (mn) (havar) Navajo: daan Norwegian: vår (no) m. Occitan: prima (oc) Old French: printans m. Persian: بهار (fa) (bahâr) Polish: wiosna (pl) f. Portuguese: primavera (pt) f. Romani: primavara f. Romanian: primăvară (ro) f. Russian: весна (ru) (vesná) f. Sami: Northern: giđđa Sanskrit: कुसुमाकरः (sa) (kusumākaraḥ) Sardinian: beranu m. Scots: voar (Shetlandic) Scottish Gaelic: earrach m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пролеће (sh) n., прољеће (sh) n. Roman: proleće (sh) n., proljeće (sh) n., proliće (sh) n., prolitje (sh) n. Sinhalese: වසන්ත ඍතුව (si) (vasanta r̥tūva) Slovak: jar (sk) f. Slovene: pomlad (sl) f. Spanish: primavera (es) f. Swahili: masika (sw), majira ya chipuko (sw), kipindi cha demani (sw) Swedish: vår (sv) c. Tagalog: tagsibol (tl) Tajik: баҳор (tg) (bahor) Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ (th) (réu-doo bai mái plì) Turkish: ilkbahar (tr), bahar (tr) Ukrainian: весна (uk) (vesná) f. Urdu: بسنت (ur) (basant) m., بہار (ur) (bahār) f. Uzbek: bahor (uz) Veps: keväz' Vietnamese: mùa xuân (vi) (務春 (vi)), xuân (vi) (春 (vi)) Volapük: florüp (vo) Võro: kevväi Welsh: gwanwyn (cy) m. West Frisian: maaitiid m., maitiid m., foarjier (fy) Yiddish: פרילינג (yi) (fríling) m.

higher-than-average tide

Dutch: springtij (nl) n. Finnish: tulvavuoksi (fi) German: Springflut (de) f.

Korean: 한사리 (hansari) Russian: прилив (ru) m.

water source

Afrikaans: bron (af) Arabic: عين (ar) (`ayn) m. Armenian: աղբյուր (hy) (aġbyur), ակ (hy) (ak), ակունք (hy) (akunk’), ակունք (hy) (akunk’) Basque: iturri (eu) Breton: eienenn f. eien, andon f., andonioù pl., mammenn f., mammennoù pl. Bulgarian: извор (bg) m. Chinese: 泉 (quán), 源泉 (yuán quán) Czech: pramen (cs) m. Danish: kilde (da) c. Dutch: bron (nl) f., wel (nl) f. Esperanto: fonto (eo) Estonian: allikas, läte, veesilm Finnish: lähde (fi) French: source (fr) f. German: Quelle (de) f. Greek: πηγή (el) (pigí) f., νερομάνα (el) (neromána) f., κεφαλάρι (el) (kefalári) n., ανάβρα (el) (anávra) f. Hebrew: מעיין (he) (ma'ayán) m. Hungarian: forrás (hu) Indonesian: mata air Interlingua: fonte Italian: fonte (it) f., sorgente (it) f. Japanese: 泉 (いずみ, izumi), 温泉 (おんせん, onsen) (hot spring, spa)

Korean: 샘 (saem) Kurdish: kanî, کانی Latgalian: olūts Latin: fons (la) m. Latvian: avots m. Lithuanian: šaltinis m.; versmė f.; verdenė f. Macedonian: извор (mk) (ízvor) m., вруток (mk) (vrútok) m. Malay: mata air (ms) Maltese: nixxiegħa (mt) f. Meänkieli: kaltio Old French: fontaine f. Persian: چشمه (fa) (ĉašma) Polish: źródło (pl) n. Portuguese: fonte (pt) f. Romani: zvoro m. Romanian: izvor (ro) n. Russian: источник (ru) (istóčnik) m., ключ (ru) (ključ) m., родник (ru) (rodník) m. Scottish Gaelic: fuaran (gd) m. Slovene: izvir (sl) m. Spanish: fuente f.; manantial m. Swedish: källa (sv) c. Turkish: kaynak (tr) Waray-Waray: burabod West Frisian: welle f. Yiddish: קוואַל (yi) (kval) m.

property of a body of springing to its original form

Finnish: joustavuus (fi) Greek: ελαστικότητα (el) (elastikótita) f.

Russian: упругость (ru) f., эластичность (ru) f.

device made of flexible material

Armenian: զսպանակ (hy) (zspanak) Basque: Malguki (eu) Breton: gwinterell f., gwinterelloù pl. Bulgarian: пружина (bg) f. Chinese: 弹簧, 发条 (fātiáo) Croatian: opruga (hr) f. Czech: pružina (cs) f. Danish: fjeder (da) c. Dutch: veer (nl) f. Esperanto: risorto (eo) Estonian: vedru (et) Finnish: jousi (fi) French: ressort (fr) m. German: Sprungfeder (de) f. Greek: ελατήριο (el) (elatírio) n., σούστα (el) (soústa) f. Hebrew: קפיץ (he) (kfitz) m. Hungarian: rugó (hu) Indonesian: pegas (id), per (id) Interlingua: resorto

Italian: molla (it) f. Japanese: ばね (ja) (bane) Korean: 용수철 (yongsucheol) Latvian: atspere (lv) f. Lithuanian: spyruoklė (lt) f. Macedonian: пружина (mk) (prúžina) f., федер (mk) (féder) m. Maltese: molla (mt) f. Norwegian: fjær (no) m. Polish: sprężyna (pl) f. Portuguese: mola (pt) f. Romanian: arc (ro) n. Russian: пружина (ru) (pružína) f., рессора (ru) f. Slovene: vzmet (sl) f., pero (sl) n. Spanish: resorte (es) m. Swedish: fjäder (sv) c. Turkish: yay (tr), zemberek (tr) West Frisian: fear f. Yiddish: ספּרענזשינעס (yi) (sprenzhineh) f.

rope on a boat

Finnish: springi (fi) French: garde (fr) f.

Russian: шпринг (ru) m.

erection — see erection

source of an action

Greek: ελατήριο (el) (elatírio) n. Portuguese: origem (pt) f.

Russian: мотив (ru) m., причина (ru) f. Spanish: origen (es) m.

See also

• geyser
• Hooke's law
• seep
• Slinky
• vernal
• well

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: wood · matters · physical · #895: spring · troops · meeting · corner

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Danish

Noun

Spring n. (singular definite Springet, plural indefinite Spring)

1. spring, jump, vault, leap

Related terms

Related terms

firspring højdespring længdespring springavancement

springbane springbræt springkniv springmadras

springvand stangspring trespring

Inflection

    Inflection of Spring

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Spring	Springet	Spring	Springene
genitive	Springs	Springets	Springs	Springenes

Verb

Spring

1. imperative of springe

Etymology

Verbal noun to springe.

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Dutch

Verb

Spring

1. first-person singular present indicative of springen.
2. imperative of springen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sprɪŋ/

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German

Verb

spring

1. Imperative singular of springen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of springen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃpʀɪŋ/

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Scots

Noun

Spring (plural Springs)

1. spring, springtime
2. growth of vegetation in springtime

Verb

tae spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springin, simple past sprang, past participle sprung)

1. to spring
2. to leap over, cross at a bound
3. to put forth, send up or out
4. to burst, split, break apart, break into
5. to dance a reel

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sprɪŋ]

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Swedish

Noun

Spring n.

1. a running (back and forth)
   • 1918, Goss-skolan i Plumfield, the Swedish translation of Louisa M. Alcott, Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (1871)

   Eftermiddagen tillbragtes med att ordna sakerna, och när springet och släpet och hamrandet var förbi, inbjödos damerna att beskåda anstalten.

   The afternoon was spent in arranging things, and when the running and lugging and hammering was over, the ladies were invited to behold the institution.

Declension

Declension of Spring

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	Spring	springet
genitive	Springs	springets

Verb

Spring

1. imperative of springa.