spaarden

Spaarden is the simple past tense form of the Dutch verb sparen, meaning to save or to economize. It is used with a plural subject to describe saving actions that occurred in the past (wij spaarden, jullie spaarden, zij spaarden). The corresponding singular past tense is spaarde (ik spaarde, jij spaarde, hij spaarde). The infinitive is sparen, and the present tense forms are ik spaar, jij spaart, hij spaart, wij sparen, jullie sparen, zij sparen.

The meaning of spaarden covers saving money as well as saving resources or time by conserving. In context, it can refer to financial saving, such as money saved for a goal, or to broader forms of economizing, like saving energy or other resources.

Examples of usage include sentences such as we spaarden geld voor een reis and ze spaarden energie door minder te verwarmen. Spaarden is a common verb form in narrative and descriptive writing when referring to past-saving actions by multiple subjects.

Note that, as with many Dutch verbs, spaarden is distinct from the present-tense forms and from the singular past tense spaarde; together they form a complete set of conjugations for sparen. The term is typically used in ordinary language and does not carry specialized meaning beyond the standard sense of saving or economizing.