sinnen

See also: Sinnen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɪnən/, /zɪnn̩/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

sinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present sinnt, past tense sann, past participle gesonnen, past subjunctive sänne or (archaic) sönne, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, formal) to think, to ponder, to cogitate
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Und fortgezaubert stand ich bald / In einem düstern, wilden Wald. / Die Bäume ragten himmelan; / Ich stand erstaunt und sann und sann.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, formal) to direct one's thoughts to something, to plan, to intend

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “sinnen” in Duden online
  • “sinnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪnən/

Pronoun

sinnen (feminine sienen, neuter sienen, plural sienen, attributive sin)

  1. his

See also
Saterland Frisian possessives
Possessive determiners
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
masculine min din sin hiere sin uus jou hiere
other mien dien sien sien
Possessive pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
masculine minnen dinnen Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) hierens Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) uzen jouens hierens
other mienen dienen sienen sienen

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “sin, sien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

sinnen

  1. indefinite plural of sinne

West Frisian

Noun

sinnen

  1. plural of sin

Noun

sinnen

  1. plural of sinne
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