# spuren

spuren is a German verb meaning “leave a trace”. Forms: spurt, spurte, hat gespurt.

## Forms

- Present (er/sie/es): spurt
- Simple past: spurte
- Perfect: hat gespurt

## In other languages

- Русский: прокладывать лыжню

## Meanings

1. to leave a trace
2. _transitive_ lay a track
   - Im Winter werden die Langlaufloipen gespurt.
3. _colloquial · intransitive_ toe the line
   - Wenn du nicht spurst, gibt's kein Taschengeld.

## Examples

- So wird es jedem ergehen, der nicht spurt. — That's what will happen to anyone who doesn't obey.
- Der neue Chef fackelt nicht lange. Wer nicht spurt, wird gefeuert. — The new boss doesn't mess about. Whoever doesn't toe the line gets sacked.

## Conjugation

### Infinitiv & Partizip

- Partizip II: gespurt
- Hilfsverb: haben

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