spinnen

See also: Spinnen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɪnə(n)/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

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

Verb

spinnen

  1. to spin: make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together
Inflection
Inflection of spinnen (strong class 3)
infinitive spinnen
past singular spon
past participle gesponnen
infinitive spinnen
gerund spinnen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular spin spon
2nd person sing. (jij) spint spon
2nd person sing. (u) spint spon
2nd person sing. (gij) spint spont
3rd person singular spint spon
plural spinnen sponnen
subjunctive sing.1 spinne sponne
subjunctive plur.1 spinnen sponnen
imperative sing. spin
imperative plur.1 spint
participles spinnend gesponnen
1) Archaic.

Verb

spinnen

  1. to purr
  2. to tell stories, fib, lie
Inflection
Inflection of spinnen (weak)
infinitive spinnen
past singular spinde
past participle gespind
infinitive spinnen
gerund spinnen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular spin spinde
2nd person sing. (jij) spint spinde
2nd person sing. (u) spint spinde
2nd person sing. (gij) spint spinde
3rd person singular spint spinde
plural spinnen spinden
subjunctive sing.1 spinne spinde
subjunctive plur.1 spinnen spinden
imperative sing. spin
imperative plur.1 spint
participles spinnend gespind
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

Noun

spinnen

  1. Plural form of spin

German

Etymology

From Middle High German spinnen, 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/
  • Audio(file)

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, colloquial) to act or talk foolishly
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to freak out
  6. (intransitive, figuratively, of a cat) to purr

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ausspinnen
  • einspinnen
  • herumspinnen, rumspinnen
  • umspinnen
  • verspinnen
  • Spinnrad
  • Spinnerei

Further reading

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

Strong class 3
Infinitive spinnen
3rd sg. past span
3rd pl. past sponnen
Past participle gesponnen
Infinitive spinnen
In genitive spinnens
In dative spinnene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular spinne span
2nd singular spins, spinnes spons, sponnes
3rd singular spint, spinnet span
1st plural spinnen sponnen
2nd plural spint, spinnet spont, sponnet
3rd plural spinnen sponnen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular spinne sponne
2nd singular spins, spinnes sponnes
3rd singular spinne sponne
1st plural spinnen sponnen
2nd plural spint, spinnet sponnet
3rd plural spinnen sponnen
Imperative Present
Singular spin, spinne
Plural spint, spinnet
Present Past
Participle spinnende gesponnen

Descendants

Further reading

  • “spinnen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “spinnen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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