zinnen

See also: Zinnen

Dutch

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sinnen, from Old Dutch *sinnan, from Proto-Germanic *sinnaną, 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 3)
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 main entry.

Noun

zinnen

  1. Plural form of zin

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zinīn, from Old High German.

Zinn +‎ -en; cognates include obsolete English tinnen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsɪnən/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

zinnen (not comparable)

  1. tin, tinnen (made of tin)

Declension
Declension of zinnen
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative — — — —
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative zinnener zinnene zinnenes zinnene
genitive zinnenen zinnener zinnenen zinnener
dative zinnenem zinnener zinnenem zinnenen
accusative zinnenen zinnene zinnenes zinnene
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der zinnene die zinnene das zinnene die zinnenen
genitive des zinnenen der zinnenen des zinnenen der zinnenen
dative dem zinnenen der zinnenen dem zinnenen den zinnenen
accusative den zinnenen die zinnene das zinnene die zinnenen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein zinnener eine zinnene ein zinnenes (keine) zinnenen
genitive eines zinnenen einer zinnenen eines zinnenen (keiner) zinnenen
dative einem zinnenen einer zinnenen einem zinnenen (keinen) zinnenen
accusative einen zinnenen eine zinnene ein zinnenes (keine) zinnenen

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