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).
spinna (past participle gspunna)
| 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 | ||
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.
spinna (third person singular past indicative spann, third person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)
| 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. | ||
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.
spinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spann, third-person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | |
From Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.
spinna (singular past indicative spann, plural past indicative spunnu, past participle spunninn)
| 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 | |
From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.
spinna
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.
spinna (present spinner, preterite spann, supine spunnit, imperative spinn)
| 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. | ||||