Wiktionary

spinna

Bavarian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Conjugation of spinna
infinitive spinna
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. spinn - spinnad
2nd person sing. spinnst - spinnast
3rd person sing. spinnt - spinnad
1st person plur. spinna - spinnadn
2nd person plur. spinnts - spinnats
3rd person plur. spinna - spinnadn
imperative sing. spinn
imperative plur. spinnts
past participle gspunna

Derived terms edit

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

  1. To spin.

Conjugation edit

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

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive, with accusative) To spin.

Conjugation edit

spinna — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að spinna
supine
(sagnbót) 		spunnið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		spinnandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég spinn við spinnum present
(nútíð) 		ég spinni við spinnum
þú spinnur þið spinnið þú spinnir þið spinnið
hann, hún, það spinnur þeir, þær, þau spinna hann, hún, það spinni þeir, þær, þau spinni
past
(þátíð) 		ég spann við spunnum past
(þátíð) 		ég spynni við spynnum
þú spannst þið spunnuð þú spynnir þið spynnuð
hann, hún, það spann þeir, þær, þau spunnu hann, hún, það spynni þeir, þær, þau spynnu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		spinn (þú) spinnið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
spinndu spinniði *
* 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
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		spinnandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég spinnst við spinnumst present
(nútíð) 		ég spinnist við spinnumst
þú spinnst þið spinnist þú spinnist þið spinnist
hann, hún, það spinnst þeir, þær, þau spinnast hann, hún, það spinnist þeir, þær, þau spinnist
past
(þátíð) 		ég spannst við spunnumst past
(þátíð) 		ég spynnist við spynnumst
þú spannst þið spunnust þú spynnist þið spynnust
hann, hún, það spannst þeir, þær, þau spunnust hann, hún, það spynnist þeir, þær, þau spynnust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		spinnst (þú) spinnist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
spinnstu spinnisti *
* 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 edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

Verb edit

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

  1. To spin.

Conjugation edit

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • “spinna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

spinna

  1. To spin.

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

  1. To spin; to turn around quickly.
  2. To spin; to make yarn.
  3. To purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented).
    Synonym: kurra
  4. To create or extend a story from a given, fundamental seed.
    spinna vidare på en historia
    extend a story

Conjugation edit

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 — —
Participles
Present participle spinnande
Past participle spunnen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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