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spindel.

a spider (arachnid)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a spider (arachnid)

    common-gender
    Spindlar har åtta ben.

  2. a spindle (the rotating part of a machine)

    common-gender

  3. a spider (link-following program on the World Wide Web)

    Internet · common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish spinnil, equivalent to spinna (“to spin”) + -el (“agent suffix”). Compare German Spinne, Dutch spin, Danish spindelvæv, Norwegian spindelvev. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Spindel.

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