spät

Significado

late

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃpɛːt/

Etimoloxía

From Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz. Cognate with Hunsrik sped, from Low German späd, archaic Dutch spade (“late”). Probably related to sparen (“to spare, conserve”).

Oracións

Der Zug kam dreizehn Minuten zu spät .

The train was thirteen minutes late.

Sie werden doch nicht etwa , setzte ich zum Protest an , doch es war bereits zu spät .

You won't, I started to protest, but it was already too late.