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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃb̥inɐ/
• Hyphenation: spin‧na

spinna (past participle gspunna)

1. to act or talk strangely, foolishly
2. to be crazy, to freak out
3. to malfunction (of a machine)

• spinnert

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnːa/

spinna (third person singular past indicative spann, third person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

1. To spin.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

spinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spann, third-person plural past indicative spunnu, supine spunnið)

1. To spin. [with accusative]

• spinna upp

From Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

spinna (singular past indicative spann, plural past indicative spunnu, past participle spunninn)

1. to spin

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “spinna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

spinna

1. To spin.

• Swedish: 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)

1. to spin (turn around quickly)
2. to spin (make yarn or thread)

   spinna garn

   spin yarn

   Spindeln spinner ett nät

   The spider spins a web

3. (figuratively, with vidare (“on”)) to mentally further develop (a story, theme, idea, or the like); to extend, to continue, to build on, to expand on, etc.

   spinna vidare på en historia

   extend a story [take a story and develop it further]

   Vi spann vidare på samma tema

   We continued [spun on] with the same theme

4. to purr (of a cat)

   Synonym: kurra

   Katter spinner när de njuter

   Cats purr when they are enjoying themselves

• mytomspunnen

• “spinna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)