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Spinnen

Spinnen

See also: spinnen

German

Noun

Spinnen pl

  1. plural of Spinne

spinnen

spinnen

See also: Spinnen

German

Etymology

From Old High German spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, English spin, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɪnən/

Verb

spinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present spinnt, past tense spann, past participle gesponnen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to spin (a thread, a web, a cocoon, etc.)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to fabricate (an untrue story)
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to be crazy
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, of a cat) to purr

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ausspinnen
  • einspinnen
  • umspinnen
  • verspinnen

Related terms


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb

spinnen

  1. to spin, to make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together
  2. to spin (web, silk etc.)

Inflection

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