spenen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeː.nə(n)/
• Hyphenation: spe‧nen
• Rhymes: -eːnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spenen, spanen, from Old Dutch *spennen, *spanōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spanōn, *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną, *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat, nipple”); equivalent to speen +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle Low German spenen, spānen, spōnen (“to wean”), Middle High German spenen (“to wean”), Middle English spanen (whence English spane, spean (“to wean”)).

Verb

spenen

1. (transitive) to wean

Conjugation

Conjugation of spenen (weak)
infinitive	spenen
past singular	speende
past participle	gespeend
infinitive	spenen
gerund	spenen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	speen	speende
2nd person sing. (jij)	speent, speen2	speende
2nd person sing. (u)	speent	speende
2nd person sing. (gij)	speent	speende
3rd person singular	speent	speende
plural	spenen	speenden
subjunctive sing.1	spene	speende
subjunctive plur.1	spenen	speenden
imperative sing.	speen
imperative plur.1	speent
participles	spenend	gespeend
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: speen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spenen

1. plural of speen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From spenden, with the /d/ of that verb reinterpreted as the past-tense suffix -de.

Alternative forms

• spene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeːnən/

Verb

spenen

1. to spend

Conjugation

Conjugation of spenen (weak in -ede)

infinitive	(to) spenen, spene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	spene	spened(e)
2nd-person singular	spenest	spenedest
3rd-person singular	speneth	spened(e)
subjunctive singular	spene
imperative singular		—
plural1	spenen, spene	speneden, spened(e)
imperative plural	speneth, spene	—
participles	spenynge, spenende	spened, yspened

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• Yola: zpeen, speen

References

• “spẹ̄nen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

spenen

1. alternative form of spinnen

Swedish

Noun

spenen

1. definite singular of spene