zinnen

See also: Zinnen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪnə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zin‧nen
  • Rhymes: -ɪnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sinnen, from Old Dutch *sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-n-, a nasal suffix present from the root *sent- (to feel).

Verb

zinnen

  1. (intransitive) to contemplate, to plot
Inflection
Inflection of zinnen (strong class 3a)
infinitive zinnen
past singular zon
past participle gezonnen
infinitive zinnen
gerund zinnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zinzon
2nd person sing. (jij) zintzon
2nd person sing. (u) zintzon
2nd person sing. (gij) zintzont
3rd person singular zintzon
plural zinnenzonnen
subjunctive sing.1 zinnezonne
subjunctive plur.1 zinnenzonnen
imperative sing. zin
imperative plur.1 zint
participles zinnendgezonnen
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From zin (desire) + -en.

Verb

zinnen

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, to please
    Dat zint mij niet.
    I am not satisfied with that.
Inflection
Inflection of zinnen (weak)
infinitive zinnen
past singular zinde
past participle gezind
infinitive zinnen
gerund zinnen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zinzinde
2nd person sing. (jij) zintzinde
2nd person sing. (u) zintzinde
2nd person sing. (gij) zintzinde
3rd person singular zintzinde
plural zinnenzinden
subjunctive sing.1 zinnezinde
subjunctive plur.1 zinnenzinden
imperative sing. zin
imperative plur.1 zint
participles zinnendgezind
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zinnen

  1. plural of zin

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zinīn, from Old High German zinīn. Equivalent to Zinn + -en; cognates include obsolete English tinnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɪnən/
  • (file)

Adjective

zinnen (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular zinnener, not comparable)

  1. (relational) tin

Declension

Further reading

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