winden

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

winden

1. to wind (turn coils of something around)

• bewinden
• opwinden
• verwinden

• Afrikaans: wind

winden

1. plural of wind

From Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Cognate with Low German and Dutch winden, English wind, Danish vinde, Swedish vinda.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

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.)

• Winden
• Windung
• verwinden

• windig
• überwinden

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

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

winden

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

• Dutch: winden
• Limburgish: winje

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

winden

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

winden

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