English-German Dictionary
German Translation of “spin”
spin (spɪn
)
Translations
Word forms: spun , (old) span, past tense spun, past participle
noun
-
- (= revolution)
Drehung feminine noun
- (= washing machine programme)
Schleudern neuter noun
to give sth a spin
etw (schnell) drehen
(in washing machine etc),etw schleudern
⇒to send sb/sth into a (flat) spin
(British, figurative, informal)jdn/etw zum Rotieren bringen (informal)
- (= revolution)
- (on ball)
Drall masculine noun
⇒to put spin on the ball
dem Ball einen Drall geben
(with racquet),den Ball anschneiden
- (political)
Image neuter noun
⇒to put a new/different etc spin on sth
(= interpretation)etw neu/anders etc interpretieren
- (aviation)
Trudeln neuter noun
⇒to go into a spin
zu trudeln anfangen
transitive verb
- [person, spider]
spinnen
-
- (= turn)
drehen
- (fast)
herumwirbeln
- (in washing machine)
schleudern
- (fast)
- (= toss)
- coin
(hoch)werfen
- (sport) ball
einen Drall geben + dative
- (with racquet)
(an)schneiden
- coin
- (= turn)
intransitive verb
- [person]
spinnen
- (= revolve)
sich drehen
- (fast)
(herum)wirbeln
- [plane etc]
trudeln
- [plane etc]
- (in washing machine)
schleudern
to spin round and round
sich im Kreis drehen
⇒the car spun out of control
der Wagen begann, sich unkontrollierbar zu drehen
⇒to send sb/sth spinning
jdn/etw umwerfen
⇒my head is spinning
mir dreht sich alles
- (fast)
- See spin around
- See spin out
- See spin round
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