German reference

spinnen

to be crazy, talk nonsense (colloquial); to spin (yarn)

Irregular · 13 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

spinnen: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I am crazy
du	you are crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it is crazy
wir	we are crazy
ihr	you (plural) are crazy
sie/Sie	they are crazy; you (formal) are crazy

spinnen: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I was crazy
du	you were crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it was crazy
wir	we were crazy
ihr	you (plural) were crazy
sie/Sie	they were crazy; you (formal) were crazy

spinnen: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I was crazy; I have been crazy
du	you were crazy; you have been crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it was crazy; he/she/it has been crazy
wir	we were crazy; we have been crazy
ihr	you (plural) were crazy; you (plural) have been crazy
sie/Sie	they were crazy; they have been crazy; you (formal) were crazy; you (formal) have been crazy

spinnen: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had been crazy
du	you had been crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it had been crazy
wir	we had been crazy
ihr	you (plural) had been crazy
sie/Sie	they had been crazy; you (formal) had been crazy

spinnen: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will be crazy
du	you will be crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it will be crazy
wir	we will be crazy
ihr	you (plural) will be crazy
sie/Sie	they will be crazy; you (formal) will be crazy

spinnen: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have been crazy
du	you will have been crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have been crazy
wir	we will have been crazy
ihr	you (plural) will have been crazy
sie/Sie	they will have been crazy; you (formal) will have been crazy

spinnen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I am crazy
du	(that) you are crazy
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it is crazy
wir	(that) we are crazy
ihr	(that) you (plural) are crazy
sie/Sie	(that) they are crazy; (that) you (formal) are crazy

spinnen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would be crazy
du	you would be crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it would be crazy
wir	we would be crazy
ihr	you (plural) would be crazy
sie/Sie	they would be crazy; you (formal) would be crazy

spinnen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have been crazy
du	you would have been crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have been crazy
wir	we would have been crazy
ihr	you (plural) would have been crazy
sie/Sie	they would have been crazy; you (formal) would have been crazy

spinnen: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would be crazy
du	you would be crazy
er/sie/es	he/she/it would be crazy
wir	we would be crazy
ihr	you (plural) would be crazy
sie/Sie	they would be crazy; you (formal) would be crazy

spinnen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I have been crazy
du	(reportedly) you have been crazy
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it has been crazy
wir	(reportedly) we have been crazy
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) have been crazy
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have been crazy; (reportedly) you (formal) have been crazy

spinnen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I will be crazy
du	(reportedly) you will be crazy
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it will be crazy
wir	(reportedly) we will be crazy
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) will be crazy
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will be crazy; (reportedly) you (formal) will be crazy

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