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Spur
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spur špur șpur
English
Etymology
English surname, variant of en Spurr. Compare the noun en spur.
Proper noun
s
en occupational Middle English
Synonyms
en Spoor Spoors Spoore Spoores Spore Spores Spor Spors Spurr Spurs
Noun
en soccer someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Anagrams
en prsu Prus purs surp
German
Etymology
From de gmh spur, gmh spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from de goh spor, goh *spur, from de gem-pro *spurą n. Cognate to nl spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) en spoor.
Pronunciation
de /ʃpuːr/ [ʃpu(ː)ɐ̯]
de uːɐ̯ 1
de De-Spur.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
trace rest of something that indicates its former presence; de by extension any small amount
trail, track, spoor path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent
de 1995 Rammstein Rammstein Du riechst so gut Du riechst so gut Die Spur ist frisch und auf die BrückeTropft dein Schweiß, dein warmes BlutIch seh' dich nichtIch riech' dich nur ich spüre dichEin Raubtier, das vor Hunger schreitWittere ich dich meilenweit The trail is fresh and on the bridgeYour sweat drips, your warm bloodI don't see youI smell you I only sense youA predator that screams of hungerI smell you from miles away
lead, clue evidence pointing to a solution
lane (of a street, road)
de music track
de mathematics trace sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Blutspur blood trail, trail of blood
de Bremsspur
de Fahrspur lane
de Fußspur
de Ölspur
de Radspur wheel track
de Wagenspur wheel track
de Tonspur
Derived terms
de adjectives dreispurig einspurig großspurig mehrspurig spurlos zweispurig
de compound nouns Abbiegespur Blutspur Breitspur Bremsspur Busspur Fahrspur Fußspur Meterspur Normalspur Ölspur Radspur Sauerstoffspur Schmalspur Schmauchspur Spurensicherung Spurrinne Spurvermessung Spurversatz Spurweite Tonspur
Further reading
de
de Roads
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
lb /ʃpuːə̯/
Noun
f
lb Spuer