turnen

Borrowed from German turnen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʏr.nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: tur‧nen

turnen

1. (intransitive) to do gymnastics

• turnbroek
• turner
• turnleraar
• turnles
• turnpantalon
• turntoestel
• turnzaal

From Old High German [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊʁnən/

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turnen (weak, third-person singular present turnt, past tense turnte, past participle geturnt, auxiliary haben)

1. to do gymnastics

• einturnen
• herumturnen
• rumturnen
• vorturnen
• Geturne
• Turnen
• Turner
• Turnfest
• Turnhalle
• Turnhemd
• Turnhose
• Turnsaal
• Turnschuh
• Turnübung
• Turnunterricht
• Turnverein

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

From Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”).

turnen (third-person singular simple present turneth, present participle turnende, turnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle turned)

1. to turn

• English: turn

turnen

1. inflection of turnar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative