turnen

Etymology

From Old High German [Term?]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊʁnən/

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Verb

turnen (third-person singular simple present turnt, past tense turnte, past participle geturnt, auxiliary haben)

1. to do gymnastics

Etymology

From Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”).

Verb

turnen (third-person singular simple present turneth, present participle turnende, simple past and past participle turned)

1. to turn

Verb

turnen

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of turnar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of turnar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of turnar.