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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.
Verb
spinde (imperative spind, present spinder, past spandt, past participle n spundet, c spunden, pl spundne)
- to spin (to make yarn)
- to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat)
Etymology 2
From English spin. Related to the previous term.
Verb
spinde (imperative spind, infinitive at spinde, present tense spinder, past tense spandt, perfect tense har spundet)
- to spin (to turn around quickly)
- (rare) fishing with a spinner
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
spinde
- inflection of spinnen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive