sprutande

Sprutande is a Swedish adjective formed from the verb spruta, meaning to spray, squirt, or spurt. It is used to describe liquids or other substances that are ejected in jets or droplets from a source such as a nozzle, pipe, or natural vent. The term emphasizes the action of spraying rather than the substance alone and is common in descriptive writing as well as technical contexts.

In everyday language sprutande is often used with nouns like vatten (water), skum (foam), or spray to convey movement and energy, for example sprutande vatten from a broken pipe or sprutande skum from a surf break. In hydrology or geology, phrases such as sprutande källor or gejserliknande sprut may be encountered, though more specialized terms like geyser or jet are also used depending on the context.

Sprutande can function as a predicative descriptor (Vattnet var sprutande) or as an attributive modifier (sprutande vatten). The pattern and reach of the spray depend on factors such as liquid pressure, nozzle geometry, viscosity, and surrounding air, which influence the jet’s height and dispersion.

Etymology: from spruta, “to spray,” with the present participle suffix -ande. See also spruta, spray, jet, geyser.