sperren

From Middle Dutch sperren.

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• Rhymes: -ɛrən

sperren

1. to bar, inhibit

• opensperren
• versperren

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɛʁən/, [ˈʃpɛʁn]
• Hyphenation: sper‧ren

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sperren (weak, third-person singular present sperrt, past tense sperrte, past participle gesperrt, auxiliary haben)

1. to bar (entry to a place or system)
2. to space out the letters of a word or text, for emphasis
   

   An example of a spaced out word.

   Dieser Satz ist nicht gesperrt gedruckt. Dieser Satz ist gesperrt gedruckt.

   This sentence is not printed spaced out. This sentence is printed spaced out.

3. (computing) to block, lock (to set measures in order to prevent access to a resource)
4. (computing) to deactivate, to disable (to put a software functionality out of operation)

   Synonyms: deaktivieren, ausschalten

   Antonym: freigeben

• “sperren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sperren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “sperren” in Duden online
• “sperren” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *sperren, from Frankish *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną (“to block, bar”).

sperren

1. to close off, to block
2. to stretch, to put tension on
3. to span, to spread

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: sperren
• Limburgish: spèrre
• →? Middle English: sparren
  • English: spar
  • Scots: spar

• “sperren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sperren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

sperren

1. Alternative form of sparren (“to dart out”)