Feminine
Spur
- (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)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpuːr/
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
traffic lane
indirect evidence
road lane
presumptive evidence
ionization track
trace of a matrix
circumstantial evidence
Fahrspur
Fahrweg
Schienenstrang
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