sputen

Meaning

to hurry, to make haste

Concepts

hurry

rush

spurt

Synonyms

eilen

beeilen

tummeln

sich beeilen

sprinten

spurten

zulegen

schnell fahren

fix machen

ranhalten

preschen

hinne machen

vorran machen

Beine in die Hand nehmen

hunzen

rasen

sausen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃpuːtən/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: spuoten

Cognate with Dutch: spoeden

Cognate with English: speed

In summary

17th century, at first alongside spuden, both secondary adaptations of Middle Low German spôden, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan, derived from *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), itself from the verb *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). The West Germanic verb had a cognate in Old High German spuoten, which however remained without continuation. Cognate with Dutch spoeden, English speed.