Spur

Etymology

English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.

Proper noun

Spur (plural Spurs)

1. A surname from Middle English

Noun

Spur (plural Spurs)

1. (soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Anagrams

• Prus, purs, surp

Etymology

From Middle High German spur, spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from Old High German spor, *spur, from Proto-Germanic *spurą n. Cognate to Dutch spoor, whence (through Afrikaans) English spoor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpuːr/, [ʃpu(ː)ɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

• Audio:

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Noun

Spur f (genitive Spur, plural Spuren)

1. trace (rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount)
2. trail, track, spoor (path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent)
   • 1995, “Du riechst so gut”, performed by Rammstein:

     Die Spur ist frisch und auf die Brücke
     Tropft dein Schweiß, dein warmes Blut
     Ich seh' dich nicht
     Ich riech' dich nur ich spüre dich
     Ein Raubtier, das vor Hunger schreit
     Wittere ich dich meilenweit

     The trail is fresh and on the bridge
     Your sweat drips, your warm blood
     I don't see you
     I smell you I only sense you
     A predator that screams of hunger
     I smell you from miles away

3. lead, clue (evidence pointing to a solution)
4. lane (of a street, road)
5. (music) track
6. (mathematics) trace (sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix)

Further reading

• “Spur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Spur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Spur” in Duden online
• Spur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpuːə̯/

Noun

Spur f (plural Spuren)

1. Alternative spelling of Spuer