Infinitive
Gerund
en sorprenant
Participles
| Present | sorprenant |
| Past | sorpris |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sorpreing; sorpren |
| 2nd sing. | sorprenz |
| 3rd sing. | sorprent |
| 1st plur. | sorprenons |
| 2nd plur. | sorprenez |
| 3rd plur. | sorprenent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | sorprenoie; sorpreneie |
| 2nd sing. | sorprenoies; sorpreneies |
| 3rd sing. | sorprenoit; sorpreneit |
| 1st plur. | sorpreniiens; sorpreniens |
| 2nd plur. | sorpreniiez; sorpreniez |
| 3rd plur. | sorprenoient; sorpreneient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | sorpris |
| 2nd sing. | sorpreṣis |
| 3rd sing. | sorprist |
| 1st plur. | sorpreṣimes |
| 2nd plur. | sorpreṣistes |
| 3rd plur. | sorprisdrent |
Future
| 1st sing. | sorprendrai |
| 2nd sing. | sorprendras |
| 3rd sing. | sorprendra |
| 1st plur. | sorprendrons |
| 2nd plur. | sorprendroiz; sorprendreiz; sorprendrez |
| 3rd plur. | sorprendront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | sorprendroie; sorprendreie |
| 2nd sing. | sorprendroies; sorprendreies |
| 3rd sing. | sorprendroit; sorprendreit |
| 1st plur. | sorprendriiens; sorprendriens |
| 2nd plur. | sorprendriiez; sorprendriez |
| 3rd plur. | sorprendroient; sorprendreient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sorpreigne |
| 2nd sing. | sorpreignes |
| 3rd sing. | sorpreigne |
| 1st plur. | sorprenons; sorpreigniens; sorpreignons |
| 2nd plur. | sorprenez; sorpreigniez |
| 3rd plur. | sorpreignent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | sorpreṣisse |
| 2nd sing. | sorpreṣisses |
| 3rd sing. | sorpreṣist |
| 1st plur. | sorpreṣissons; sorpreṣissiens |
| 2nd plur. | sorpreṣissoiz; sorpreṣissez; sorpreṣissiez |
| 3rd plur. | sorpreṣissent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | sorpren |
| 1st plur. | sorprenons |
| 2nd plur. | sorprenez |
Etymology
1. From sor- + prendre. First attested in c. 1165. Compare Old Occitan sobreprendre.
2. Sense 3 (“to surprise”) is not original and resulted from the absorption by this verb of the related sosprendre. See: Old Occitan '
sobreprendre'.
Verbs referencing "sorprendre"
English
surprise, Italian
sorprendere, French
surprendre.
Sample Sentences
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Cascuns voloit l'altre soprendre (Each wanted to surprise the other) [c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:]
Cognates
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