Spinner
German, noun/ˈʃpɪnɐ/
Spinner is spelled S-P-I-N-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spinner is a German masculine noun meaning “spinner (someone who makes yarn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt”.
What does Spinner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespinner (someone who makes yarn)
- 2
masculinevulgaridiot, freak, oddball, nut (an unusual, eccentric, crazy person, especially someone with unreasonable, absurd ideas)
- 3
masculinespinner (a type of lure)
- 4
masculineany of various moths which spin cocoons
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt 2. Person, die unsinnige Gedanken, Vorstellungen hat, äußert 3. Person, die Lügen erzählt und dadurch auch Intrigen "strickt" beziehungsweise "spinnt" 4. löffel- oder weidenblattförmiger, auf einer Stahldrahtachse rotierender künstlicher Angelköder
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Spinner
- Spinners genitive
- Spinnerlein diminutive neuter
- Spinnerin feminine
- Spinnern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spinner?
- /ˈʃpɪnɐ/
- [ˈʃpɪnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Spinner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spinner in German?
Spinner appears 7.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).