See also: Turnen

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German turnen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʏr.nə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tur‧nen

Verb

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turnen

  1. (intransitive) to do gymnastics

Conjugation

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Conjugation of turnen (weak)
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, turn2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German *turnen, from Old High German turnēn, from Proto-West Germanic *turnēn (to turn, lathe).

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Verb

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turnen (weak, third-person singular present turnt, past tense turnte, past participle geturnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to do gymnastics

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Middle English

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Etymology

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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

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turnen (third-person singular simple present turneth, present participle turnende, turnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle turned)

  1. to turn

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Descendants

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  • English: turn
  • Scots: turn

Spanish

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Verb

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turnen

  1. inflection of turnar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative