Ansporn

German

Etymology

Back-formation from anspornen, itself derived from Sporn (“spur”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌʃpɔrn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Ansporn m (strong, genitive Anspornes or Ansporns, no plural)

  1. incentive, stimulus, something that spurs on

Declension

Declension of Ansporn [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Ansporn
genitive eines des Anspornes, Ansporns
dative einem dem Ansporn, Ansporne1
accusative einen den Ansporn

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.