spinna
Meaning
spin; purr
In Swedish: göra (ull etc) till garn
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att spinna | to spin |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spinner | jag spinner |
| Past | spann | jag spann |
| Supine | spunnit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spunnit | jag har spunnit |
| Past perfect | hade spunnit | jag hade spunnit |
| Future | ska spinna | or: kommer att spinna |
| Conditional | skulle spinna | jag skulle spinna |
| Imperative | spinn! | a command |
| Present participle | spinnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | spunnen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | spinnas |
|---|---|
| Present | spinns |
| Past | spanns |
| Supine | spunnits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use spinner. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise spinna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (spinna). Which is the past tense?
spinna in a sentence
- spinna garnspin yarn
- Spindeln spinner ett nätThe spider spins a web
- spinna vidare på en historiaextend a story [take a story and develop it further]
- Vi spann vidare på samma temaWe continued [spun on] with the same theme
- Katter spinner när de njuterCats purr when they are enjoying themselves
Questions
What does spinna mean in English?
spinna means “spin, purr”.
What is the past tense of spinna?
The past tense of spinna is spann (“jag spann”). The supine is spunnit, used in “jag har spunnit”.
What is the present tense of spinna?
spinner, the same for every person: jag spinner, du spinner, vi spinner.
Origin
From Old Swedish spinna, from Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.
Nearby common words
spinna is number 7,568 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,564skräddare tailor
- 7,565buddha buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof), Buddha
- 7,566getto ghetto
- 7,567finne pimple, spot, Finn
- 7,569bedriva operate, carry on
- 7,570image image
- 7,571inkompetent incompetent
- 7,572revolutionär revolutionary
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