Spur

Meaning

(feminine) trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
(feminine) trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
(feminine) lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
(feminine) lane (of a street, road)
(feminine) track
(feminine) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

trace

track

traffic lane

indirect evidence

road lane

presumptive evidence

ionization track

trace of a matrix

soupçon

alley

circumstantial evidence

Fahrspur

Fahrweg

Schienenstrang

Rosshaar

Rudiment

Rollfeld

Spurweite

kurzer Blick

Wagenspur

Fahrrinne

Winzigkeit

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃpuːr/

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.