spinna.
to spin (turn around quickly)
Meaning & usage
to spin (turn around quickly)
to spin (make yarn or thread)
spinna garn
Spindeln spinner ett nät
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
Vi spann vidare på samma tema
to purr (of a cat)
Katter spinner när de njuter
Where this word comes from
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.
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