sprehhan

Old High German

Alternative forms

• sprechan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. Compare Old Saxon sprekan, Old Dutch sprekan, Old English sprecan.

Verb

sprehhan (strong class 4)

1. to speak

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprehhan (strong class 4)

infinitive	sprehhan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sprihhu, sprihho	sprah
2nd person singular	sprihhis, sprihhist	sprāhhi
3rd person singular	sprihhit	sprah
1st person plural	sprehhem, sprehhemēs	sprāhhum, sprāhhumēs
2nd person plural	sprehhet	sprāhhut
3rd person plural	sprehhant	sprāhhun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	sprehhe	sprāhhi
2nd person singular	sprehhēs, sprehhēst	sprāhhīs, sprāhhīst
3rd person singular	sprehhe	sprāhhi
1st person plural	sprehhēm, sprehhemēs	sprāhhīm, sprāhhīmēs
2nd person plural	sprehhēt	sprāhhīt
3rd person plural	sprehhēn	sprāhhīn
imperative	present
singular	sprihh
plural	sprehhet
participle	present	past
	sprehhanti	gisprohhan

Descendants

• Middle High German: sprëchen
  • Central Franconian: sjprèche
  • German: sprechen
    • → Czech: šprechtit
    • → Polish: szprechać
    • → Serbo-Croatian: šprȅhati／шпре̏хати
    • → Ukrainian: шпрехати (šprexaty)
  • Hunsrik: spreche
  • Luxembourgish: spriechen