"Spröök" meaning in Low German

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Noun

Forms: Spröken [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Low German sprȫke, sprōke, from Old Saxon *sproki, from Proto-West Germanic *spruki (“a saying, saw”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to say, speak”). Cognate with German Spruch (“quote, saying, verse”), Dutch spreuk (“a saying, maxim, saw”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nds|gml|sprȫke}} Middle Low German sprȫke, {{inh|nds|osx|*sproki}} Old Saxon *sproki, {{inh|nds|gmw-pro|*spruki|t=a saying, saw}} Proto-West Germanic *spruki (“a saying, saw”), {{der|nds|gem-pro|*sprekaną|t=to say, speak}} Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to say, speak”), {{cog|de|Spruch|t=quote, saying, verse}} German Spruch (“quote, saying, verse”), {{cog|nl|spreuk|t=a saying, maxim, saw}} Dutch spreuk (“a saying, maxim, saw”) Head templates: {{nds-noun|f|Spröken}} Spröök f (plural Spröken), {{tlb|nds|GLG}} (German Low German)
  1. a saying, maxim, adage, saw Tags: German-Low-German, feminine
    Sense id: en-Spröök-nds-noun-sZL7KIY8 Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. a quote Tags: German-Low-German, feminine
    Sense id: en-Spröök-nds-noun-rP1TGVWT Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Spröökje

Inflected forms

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      "Reconstruction:Old Saxon/sproki"
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    [
      "*spruki",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spruki"
    ],
    [
      "*sprekaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprekaną"
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      "Spruch",
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    "Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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