verspinnen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verspinnen. Equivalent to ver- + spinnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈspɪ.nə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧spin‧nen
- Rhymes: -ɪnən
Verb
verspinnen
- (transitive) to spin in a different way
- (transitive, of time) to spend or waste by spinning
- (transitive, of substance) to use up or waste by spinning
- (reflexive) to spin in a wrong way, to ruin by spinning
Conjugation
| Conjugation of verspinnen (strong class 3a, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | verspinnen | |||
| past singular | verspon | |||
| past participle | versponnen | |||
| infinitive | verspinnen | |||
| gerund | verspinnen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | verspin | verspon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | verspint, verspin2 | verspon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | verspint | verspon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | verspint | verspont | ||
| 3rd person singular | verspint | verspon | ||
| plural | verspinnen | versponnen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | verspinne | versponne | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | verspinnen | versponnen | ||
| imperative sing. | verspin | |||
| imperative plur.1 | verspint | |||
| participles | verspinnend | versponnen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||