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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɪnə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: spin‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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spinnen

  1. to spin: make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together
Conjugation
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Conjugation of spinnen (strong class 3a)
infinitive spinnen
past singular spon
past participle gesponnen
infinitive spinnen
gerund spinnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spin spon
2nd person sing. (jij) spint, spin2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: spin
  • Jersey Dutch: spänne
  • Negerhollands: spin

Verb

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spinnen

  1. to purr
  2. to tell stories, fib, lie
  3. to whirr
Conjugation
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Conjugation of spinnen (weak)
infinitive spinnen
past singular spinde
past participle gespind
infinitive spinnen
gerund spinnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spin spinde
2nd person sing. (jij) spint, spin2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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spinnen

  1. plural of spin

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnan.

Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, English spin, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spinnen (class 3 strong or weak, third-person singular present spinnt, past tense spann or (also) sponn or (colloquial) spinnte, past participle gesponnen or (colloquial) gespinnt, past subjunctive spänne or spönne, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to spin (a thread, a web, a cocoon, etc.)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to develop, extend (a thought, story, etc.)
  3. (transitive, thus especially) to exaggerate (an event), to fabricate (something untrue)
  4. (intransitive, informal) to act or talk strangely, foolishly, (of a machine also) to malfunction
  5. (intransitive, informal) to be crazy, to freak out
  6. (intransitive, regional, of a cat) to purr
    Synonym: (the normal word) schnurren

Usage notes

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  • The verb is generally strong. The prescribed preterite is spann, but sponn (which avoids the homonymy with spannen) is widely attestable in edited sources.
  • The weak forms spinnte, gespinnt are heard alternatively in the informal senses “be crazy, act strangely”. (The preterite spinnte is rarely met with also in other senses.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • spinnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • spinnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • spinnen” in Duden online
  • spinnen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *spinnan.

Verb

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spinnen

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

Inflection

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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

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English spinnan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spinnen

  1. To spin or convert fibre into yarn.
    • 1381 June 12, John Ball, Sermon at Blackheath:
      Whan Adam dalf, and Eve span; / Wo was thanne a gentilman?
      When Adam delved and Eve spun; / Who was a nobleman then?
  2. To make fabric or fabric garments out of fibre.
  3. To make a spiderweb or cobweb.
  4. To go in a hurry; to sprint.
  5. To select or decide a individual's fate.
  6. (rare) To flow forth with haste.

Conjugation

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West Frisian

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Noun

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spinnen

  1. plural of spin