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tornen

See also: törnen

Asturian

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Verb

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tornen

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of tornar

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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tornen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tornar

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ternen, from earlier trennen by liquid metathesis (compare Kerstmis (“Christmas”) and vorst (“frost”)), from Old Dutch *trennen, from Proto-West Germanic *trannijan, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tornen

  1. (transitive) to unpick; to loosen a stitch
    Het is moeilijk om deze naad te tornen zonder de stof te beschadigen. ― It is difficult to unpick this seam without damaging the fabric.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to impinge on something. [with aan]
    Het is onverstandig om te tornen aan de vrijheid van meningsuiting. ― It is unwise to impinge on the freedom of speech.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tornen (weak)
infinitive tornen
past singular tornde
past participle getornd
infinitive tornen
gerund tornen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular torn tornde
2nd person sing. (jij) tornt, torn2 tornde
2nd person sing. (u) tornt tornde
2nd person sing. (gij) tornt tornde
3rd person singular tornt tornde
plural tornen tornden
subjunctive sing.1 torne tornde
subjunctive plur.1 tornen tornden
imperative sing. torn
imperative plur.1 tornt
participles tornend getornd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Galician

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Verb

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tornen

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

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old English turnian, reinforced by Old French torner, both from Latin tornō

Verb

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tornen

  1. to turn (rotate, change direction)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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tornen m

  1. definite singular of torn

Norwegian Nynorsk

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tornen m

  1. definite singular of torn

Spanish

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Verb

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tornen

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

Swedish

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Noun

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tornen

  1. definite plural of torn

Anagrams

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