Past tense of sprinkle
regular verb
The past tense of sprinkle is sprinkled. The past participle is also sprinkled.
Forms of sprinkle
| Base form (V1) | sprinkle /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sprinkled |
| Past participle (V3) | sprinkled |
| Present participle | sprinkling |
| Third person singular | sprinkles /ˈspɹɪŋkl̩z/ |
Sprinkled in a sentence
- The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
- The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
- Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream.From the entry birthday cake
- She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top.From the entry cornmeal
- I sprinkled little flakes into the fish tank for the guppies to eat.From the entry fish tank
Meaning of sprinkle
- verb To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- verb To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- verb To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
Questions about the past tense of sprinkle
- What is the past tense of sprinkle?
- The past tense of sprinkle is sprinkled.
- What is the past participle of sprinkle?
- The past participle of sprinkle is sprinkled.
- Is sprinkle a regular or irregular verb?
- Sprinkle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sprinkle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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