spürt

Spürt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb spüren. The core meaning is to feel or sense something, whether it concerns physical sensations, environmental cues, or mental or emotional perception. Spüren can refer to tangible experiences such as pain or temperature, as well as to subtler signs like changes in mood or atmosphere.

The verb commonly takes a direct object in the accusative when describing a sensation, for example: Sie spürt den Schmerz in der Schulter. It can also introduce a clause to express awareness or belief: Er spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Spüren is used in both concrete and figurative contexts, such as spüren Veränderungen, spüren Freude, or spüren Gefahr.

Morphology is regular: present tense forms are ich spüre, du spürst, er spürt, wir spüren, ihr spürt, sie spüren. Präteritum is spürte, and the perfekt form is hat gespürt. The phrase Es ist zu spüren is a common impersonal construction meaning that something is noticeable or perceptible.

Usage notes: spüren often conveys a more immediate, bodily or perceptual sense than fühlen, which can lean more toward emotional or subjective states. However, the two verbs overlap in many contexts, and choice can depend on nuance or personal style. Spüren can also appear in passive-like expressions such as Es ist deutlich zu spüren.