spinna

Bavarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃb̥inɐ/
  • Hyphenation: spin‧na

Verb

spinna (past participle gspunna)

  1. to act or talk strangely, foolishly
  2. to be crazy, to freak out
  3. to malfunction (of a machine)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spinna
infinitive spinna
past participle gspunna
present past subjunctive
1st person singular spinn spinnad
2nd person singular spinnst spinnast
3rd person singular spinnt spinnad
1st person plural spinna spinnadn
2nd person plural spinnts spinnats
3rd person plural spinna spinnadn
imperative
singular spinn
plural spinnts

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Icelandic spinna, Swedish spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen.

Verb

spinna (third person singular past indicative spann, third person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

  1. To spin.

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-44)
infinitive
supine spunnið
present past
first singular spinni spann
second singular spinnur spanst
third singular spinnur spann
plural spinna spunnu
participle (a34)1 spinnandi spunnin
imperative
singular spinn!
plural spinnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Faroese spinna, Swedish spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɪnːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Verb

spinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spann, third-person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

  1. To spin. [with accusative]

Conjugation

spinna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur spinna
supine sagnbót spunnið
present participle
spinnandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég spinn spann spinni spynni
þú spinnur spannst spinnir spynnir
hann, hún, það spinnur spann spinni spynni
plural við spinnum spunnum spinnum spynnum
þið spinnið spunnuð spinnið spynnuð
þeir, þær, þau spinna spunnu spinni spynnu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú spinn (þú), spinndu
plural þið spinnið (þið), spinniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
spinnast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að spinnast
supine sagnbót spunnist
present participle
spinnandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég spinnst spannst spinnist spynnist
þú spinnst spannst spinnist spynnist
hann, hún, það spinnst spannst spinnist spynnist
plural við spinnumst spunnumst spinnumst spynnumst
þið spinnist spunnust spinnist spynnust
þeir, þær, þau spinnast spunnust spinnist spynnust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú spinnst (þú), spinnstu
plural þið spinnist (þið), spinnisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
spunninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
spunninn spunnin spunnið spunnir spunnar spunnin
accusative
(þolfall)
spunninn spunna spunnið spunna spunnar spunnin
dative
(þágufall)
spunnum spunninni spunnu spunnum spunnum spunnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
spunnins spunninnar spunnins spunninna spunninna spunninna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
spunni spunna spunna spunnu spunnu spunnu
accusative
(þolfall)
spunna spunnu spunna spunnu spunnu spunnu
dative
(þágufall)
spunna spunnu spunna spunnu spunnu spunnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
spunna spunnu spunna spunnu spunnu spunnu

Derived terms

  • spinna upp

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb

spinna (singular past indicative spann, plural past indicative spunnu, past participle spunninn)

  1. to spin

Conjugation

Conjugation of spinna — active (strong class 3)
infinitive spinna
present participle spinnandi
past participle spunninn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular spinn spann spinna spynna
2nd person singular spinnr spannt spinnir spynnir
3rd person singular spinnr spann spinni spynni
1st person plural spinnum spunnum spinnim spynnim
2nd person plural spinnið spunnuð spinnið spynnið
3rd person plural spinna spunnu spinni spynni
imperative present
2nd person singular spinn
1st person plural spinnum
2nd person plural spinnið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: spinna
  • Faroese: spinna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spinna, spinne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spinne
  • Old Swedish: spinna
  • Danish: spinde

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “spinna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb

spinna

  1. To spin.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spinna (strong)
present past
infinitive spinna
participle spinnandi, spinnande spunnin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk spinder spinni, spinne span spunni, spunne
þū spinder spinni, spinne spin spant spunni, spunne
han spinder spinni, spinne span spunni, spunne
vīr spinnum, spinnom spinnum, spinnom spinnum, spinnom spunnum, spunnom spunnum, spunnom
īr spinnin spinnin spinnin spunnin spunnin
þēr spinna spinnin spunnu, spunno spunnin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk spins spinnis, spinnes spans spunnis, spunnes
þū spins spinnis, spinnes spants spunnis, spunnes
han spins spinnis, spinnes spans spunnis, spunnes
vīr spinnums, -oms spinnums, spinnoms spunnums, spunnoms spunnums, spunnoms
īr spinnins spinnins spunnins spunnins
þēr spinnas spinnins spunnus, spunnos spunnins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spinna, from Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Cognate with Faroese spinna, Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, Norwegian Nynorsk spinna, spinne, Danish spinde, English spin, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, German Low German spinnen. Compare Finnish kehrätä.

Verb

spinna (present spinner, preterite spann, supine spunnit, imperative spinn)

  1. to spin (turn around quickly)
  2. to spin (make yarn or thread)
    spinna garn
    spin yarn
    Spindeln spinner ett nät
    The spider spins a web
  3. (figuratively, with vidare (on)) to mentally further develop (a story, theme, idea, or the like); to extend, to continue, to build on, to expand on, etc.
    spinna vidare på en historia
    extend a story [take a story and develop it further]
    Vi spann vidare på samma tema
    We continued [spun on] with the same theme
  4. to purr (of a cat)
    Synonym: kurra
    Katter spinner när de njuter
    Cats purr when they are enjoying themselves

Conjugation

Conjugation of spinna (class 3 strong)
active passive
infinitive spinna
supine spunnit
imperative spinn
imper. plural1 spinnen
present past present past
indicative spinner spann
ind. plural1 spinna spunno
subjunctive2 spinne spunne
present participle spinnande
past participle spunnen

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References