sperren

Meaning

  1. (weak) to bar (entry to a place or system)
  2. (weak) to space out the letters of a word or text, for emphasis
  3. (weak) to block, lock (to set measures in order to prevent access to a resource)
  4. (weak) to deactivate, to disable (to put a software functionality out of operation)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

speere

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
sper‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpɛʁən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German sperran. Cognate with English spar (“to bolt, bar”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną (“to block, bar”).

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