# der Spinner

der Spinner is a German noun meaning “spinner”. Forms: des Spinners, die Spinner.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Spinners
- Plural: die Spinner

## In other languages

- Русский: прядильщик

## Meanings

1. spinner (someone who makes yarn)
2. _vulgar_ idiot, freak, oddball, nut (an unusual, eccentric, crazy person, especially someone with unreasonable, absurd ideas)
3. any of various moths which spin cocoons
4. loon
   - Alle halten ihn für einen Spinner.
5. Arctiinae
   - Einige Spinner sind Schädlinge, andere sind Nutztiere.

## Examples

- Ich möchte kein Spinner sein. — I don't want to be a freak.
- Was für ein kranker Spinner bist du bitte schön? — What kind of sick weirdo are you?

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