sinn

English

Verb

sinn (third-person singular simple present sinns, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

1. Obsolete spelling of sin

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)

1. time, times

   á sinni ― once (before); another time

   á hesum sinni ― this time, now

   ikki á hvørjum sinni ― not every time, seldom

   á síðsta sinni ― for the last time

   ikki enn á sinni ― not yet

Declension

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

sinn

1. singular imperative of sinnen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnː/
• Rhymes: -ɪnː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, no plural)

1. time, as in occurrence

   Synonym: skipti

Derived terms

Related terms

• senda

Etymology 2

Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

Determiner

sinn m (feminine sín, neuter sitt)

1. Third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
   • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)

     Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.

     When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     “I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.”
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sinni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

Pronoun

sinn (emphatic form sinne)

1. we, us (disjunctive)
2. (nonstandard) we (conjunctive)

Usage notes

• Not used as a conjunctive pronoun in the standard language; instead, synthetic verb forms or analytic forms with muid are used in the first person plural. Found with analytic verb forms in colloquial usage in some dialects. Use as a disjunctive pronoun is fully standard.

See also

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• sin (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn / wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn.

The short vowel in the form sinn is probably due to merger with the Middle High German third-person plural sint. The -f in the imperative is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a gliding sound. The expected subjunctive is wéier, which is attested dialectally. The standard forms were formed anew from the preterite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zin/
• Rhymes: -in

Verb

sinn (third-person singular present ass, preterite war or wor, past participle gewiescht, past subjunctive wier or wär, auxiliary verb sinn)

1. to be

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sin; compare German Sinn, Sinne.

Noun

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna or sinnene)

1. mind

Derived terms

See also

• sinne

References

• “sinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sinn” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sin.

Noun

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna)

1. mind

Derived terms

• ro i sinnet
• sinnstilstand

References

• “sinn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old English sīþ, Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīth, Old High German sind, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs).

Determiner

sinn

1. Alternative form of sínn (“one’s”)

Declension

Noun

sinn n

1. time, occurrence

   Synonym: sinni

Usage notes

• As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinni.

Declension

References

• “sinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sinni. Cognates include Irish sinn and Manx shin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiɲ/

Pronoun

sinn (emphatic sinne)

1. first-person plural pronoun; we, us

   Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.

   We’ll go to the bank tomorrow; you'll see us there.

See also