English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

1940s, originally service slang. Perhaps from obsolete sprag (“lively young man”), of unknown origin.

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Noun [ edit ]

sprog (countable and uncountable, plural sprogs)

( Britain , Australia , Canada , New Zealand , informal , humorous ) A child. 1984 September 13, Donald Gould, Forum: Suck it and see , page 54, To test this hypothesis further, he and his mate Fifer persuaded 16 women, heavy with child, to read a story called The Cat in the Hat to their unborn sprogs , twice a day, during the last few weeks of their pregnancies.

September 13, Donald Gould, , page 54, 2008 , Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies , UK Edition, unnumbered page, Any guardianship or trusts that you set up when your children were little sprogs may no longer be needed.

, Julian Knight, , UK Edition, unnumbered page, 2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220, Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide. If the sprogs get bored with reality, movie make-believe (p232) is right next door. ( Britain , military , RAF , slang , derogatory RAF ) A new recruit. ( uncountable , Australia , slang ) Semen. ( countable , slang ) A deflection-limiting safety device used in high performance hang gliders.

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Verb [ edit ]

sprog (third-person singular simple present sprogs, present participle sprogging, simple past and past participle sprogged)

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Danish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle Low German sprāke. Cognate to German Sprache, Dutch spraak, Norwegian språk, Old English sprǣċ and Swedish språk.

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Noun [ edit ]

sprog n (singular definite sproget, plural indefinite sprog)

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Declension of sprog neuter

gender Singular Plural indefinite definite indefinite definite nominative sprog sproget sprog sprogene genitive sprogs sprogets sprogs sprogenes