die Spur
/ʃpuːr/
trace; trail, track, spoor; lead, clue; lane
- genitive
- der Spur
- plural
- die Spuren
Meanings
- 1
trace — rest of something that indicates its former presence; (by extension) any small amount
Das Schiff verschwand ohne eine Spur.
The ship disappeared without a trace.
Tatoeba · l4t3 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Die Polizei schaute überall und konnte keine Spur von Tom finden.
The police looked everywhere and couldn't find any trace of Tom.
Tatoeba · Espi · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
trail, track, spoor — path of signs leading somewhere, also e.g. through scent
- 3
lead, clue — evidence pointing to a solution
Die Polizei hat keine Spur gefunden.
The police didn't find any clues.
Tatoeba · Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 4
lane — of a street, road
- 5
trackrare
- 6
trace — sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrixrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieSpur | dieSpuren |
| accusative | dieSpur | dieSpuren |
| dative | derSpur | denSpuren |
| genitive | derSpur | derSpuren |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.