spinde

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spenə/, [ˈsb̥enə]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.

Verb

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spinde (imperative spind, present spinder, past spandt, past participle n spundet, c spunden, pl spundne)

  1. to spin (to make yarn)
  2. to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat)

Etymology 2

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From English spin. Related to the previous term.

Verb

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spinde (imperative spind, infinitive at spinde, present tense spinder, past tense spandt, perfect tense har spundet)

  1. to spin (to turn around quickly)
  2. (rare) fishing with a spinner

Dutch

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Verb

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spinde

  1. inflection of spinnen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive