turnen
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turnen
- (intransitive) to do gymnastics
Inflection edit
Inflection of turnen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | turnen | |||
past singular | turnde | |||
past participle | geturnd | |||
infinitive | turnen | |||
gerund | turnen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | turn | turnde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | turnt | turnde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | turnt | turnde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | turnt | turnde | ||
3rd person singular | turnt | turnde | ||
plural | turnen | turnden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | turne | turnde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | turnen | turnden | ||
imperative sing. | turn | |||
imperative plur.1 | turnt | |||
participles | turnend | geturnd | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German *turnen, from Old High German turnēn, from Proto-West Germanic *turnēn (“to turn, lathe”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
turnen (weak, third-person singular present turnt, past tense turnte, past participle geturnt, auxiliary haben)
- to do gymnastics
Conjugation edit
infinitive | turnen | ||||
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present participle | turnend | ||||
past participle | geturnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich turne | wir turnen | i | ich turne | wir turnen |
du turnst | ihr turnt | du turnest | ihr turnet | ||
er turnt | sie turnen | er turne | sie turnen | ||
preterite | ich turnte | wir turnten | ii | ich turnte1 | wir turnten1 |
du turntest | ihr turntet | du turntest1 | ihr turntet1 | ||
er turnte | sie turnten | er turnte1 | sie turnten1 | ||
imperative | turn (du) turne (du) |
turnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
turnen (third-person singular simple present turneth, present participle turnende, turnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle turned)
- to turn
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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turnen
- inflection of turnar: