fint
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Alosa fallax
See also: fínt
Danish
Adjective
fint
Adverb
fint
- finely
- Det passer fint med hvad jeg har hørt.
- That fits nicely with what I have heard.
- alright
- Jeg har det fint!
- I'm alright!
Verb
fint
- imperative of finte
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fint f (plural finten, diminutive fintje n)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
fint f (plural finten, diminutive fintje n)
- the twait shad, Alosa fallax
Further reading
fint on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
fint
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
fint
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
fint
Swedish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Finte, from Italian finta, from Latin fingere.
Noun
fint c
- a feint (movement made to confuse an opponent, something feigned to confuse someone)
Usage notes
About sports maneuvers as well as other actions meant to confuse or outwit, where it's seen as figurative.
Declension
| Declension of fint | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fint | finten | finter | finterna |
| Genitive | fints | fintens | finters | finternas |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
fint
Further reading
- fint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fint in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- fint in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)