Also means
crack
Usage Note
Sprung means a leap but also a 'crack' in glass or porcelain. The cosy idiom auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen ('to drop by for a moment') uses it to mean a quick visit.
Examples
"Er machte einen weiten Sprung."
Natural Translation
He made a long jump.
Literal Translation
He made a long jump.
Related Words
- Bewegung movement
- Schritt step
- abkühlen cool down (body); cool off
- abschwellen to go down (swelling), to reduce in size
- abspreizen to splay out, spread a limb away from the body
- abstemmen to push off, brace against a surface
- abstützen brace oneself; prop oneself up
- abtasten to feel, palpate, pat down
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