winden

See also: Winden

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

winden

  1. to wind (turn coils of something around)
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: wind

Noun

winden

  1. plural of wind

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Cognate with Low German and Dutch Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English wind, Danish vinde, Swedish vinda.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪndən/, [ˈvɪn.dn̩], [ˈʋɪn-], [-dən]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Verb

winden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present windet, past tense wand, past participle gewunden, past subjunctive wände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to wind
  2. (transitive) to twist, twirl
  3. (reflexive) to squirm, writhe
  4. (reflexive, figurative) to squirm, hedge, to speak in an indirect or circumlocutory way (as of something emberrassing etc.)

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “winden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “winden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “winden” in Duden online
  • “winden” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną.

Verb

winden

  1. to turn, to bend
  2. to wring, to twist
  3. to wrap
  4. to wind
  5. to lift, to hoist

Inflection
Strong class 3
Infinitive winden
3rd sg. past want
3rd pl. past wonden
Past participle gewonden
Infinitive winden
In genitive windens
In dative windene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular winde want
2nd singular wints, windes wonts, wondes
3rd singular wint, windet want
1st plural winden wonden
2nd plural wint, windet wont, wondet
3rd plural winden wonden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular winde wonde
2nd singular wints, windes wondes
3rd singular winde wonde
1st plural winden wonden
2nd plural wint, windet wondet
3rd plural winden wonden
Imperative Present
Singular wint, winde
Plural wint, windet
Present Past
Participle windende gewonden

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Limburgish: winje

Further reading
  • “winden”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “winden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Verb

winden

  1. Alternative form of wynden (“to wind”)

Verb

winden

  1. Alternative form of wynden (“to wind”)
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