Gespinst

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gespunst.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃpɪnst/
Hyphenation: Ge‧spinst
Audio (file)

Noun

Gespinst n (strong, genitive Gespinstes or Gespinsts, plural Gespinste)

spun yarn
web, tissue, cocoon

Declension

Declension of Gespinst [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gespinst	die	Gespinste
genitive	eines	des	Gespinstes, Gespinsts	der	Gespinste
dative	einem	dem	Gespinst, Gespinste¹	den	Gespinsten
accusative	ein	das	Gespinst	die	Gespinste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Hirngespinst

Related terms

spinnen

Further reading

“Gespinst” in Duden online
“Gespinst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Gespinst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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