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spindel

See also: Spindel

English

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Noun

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spindel

  1. Obsolete spelling of spindle.
    1. Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
      • 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.
        I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.
    2. (spinning) The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres.
      • 1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244.
        I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Spindel. Equivalent to spinnen +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.dəl/
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  • Hyphenation: spin‧del

Noun

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spindel m (plural spindels, diminutive spindeltje n)

  1. a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle
  2. a central pillar around which a staircase spirals; a newel
  3. an upright bar for holding CDs or DVDs by skewering

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Middle English

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Noun

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spindel

  1. Alternative form of spyndel

Swedish

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en spindel

Etymology

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From Old Swedish spinnil, related to the word spinna. Compare to Norwegian Nynorsk spindel (“a spindling part of weaving machine”) and Norwegian Nynorsk spindelvev (“spiderweb”).

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spindel c

  1. a spider (arachnid)
    Spindlar har åtta ben
    Spiders have eight legs
  2. a spindle, the rotating part of a machine
  3. a link-following program on the World Wide Web

Declension

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Declension of spindel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spindel spindeln spindlar spindlarna
Genitive spindels spindelns spindlars spindlarnas

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