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English
Noun
sinne (plural sinnes)
- Obsolete spelling of sin.
1592, Richard Turnbull, An Exposition Vpon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Iames, Chap. 1, Sermon 5:"Therefore the Apoſtle ſaith: Then when luſt hath conceiued, it bringeth forth, firſt ſinne, then death."
Verb
sinne (third-person singular simple present sinnes, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)
- Obsolete spelling of sin.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
sinne
- plural of sin
Finnish
Etymology
si- + -nne: the sublative singular of se.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sinne
- (of movement) there (when the speaker does not point at the place)
Me menimme sinne.- We went there.
Usage notes
- For the exact difference between sinne and tuonne, see the usage notes under tuo.
- siihen usually implies a more precise or exact location than sinne.
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sinne
- inflection of sinnen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Ingrian
Spatial inflection of sinne
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sublative
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sinne
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superessive
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seel
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delative
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seelt
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Etymology
Sublative of se (“it”). Akin to Finnish sinne and Estonian sinna.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sinne
- (of motion) thither, to there
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 133:Miä sinne en mää.- I'm not going there.
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 134
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 527
Irish
Etymology
By surface analysis, sinn + -ne.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sinne (disjunctive and conjunctive)
- emphatic form of sinn
- we, us
Synonyms
See also
Middle Dutch
Noun
sinne
- inflection of sin:
- dative singular
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural
Middle English
Noun
sinne
- Alternative form of synne
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun sinn.
Noun
sinne n (definite singular sinnet, uncountable)
- anger, temper
References
- “sinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “sinne_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun sinn.
Noun
sinne n (definite singular sinnet, uncountable)
- anger, temper
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sīnne
- accusative masculine singular of sīn
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From sinn (“we”) + -ne.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sinne
- (emphatic) we, us
See also
1 Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
2 sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sinne, sin, from Middle Low German sin, from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.
Noun
sinne n
- a sense (vision, hearing, taste, etc.)
de fem sinnena- the five senses
Med hjälp av smaksinnet kan man smaka på grejer- Using the sense of taste, you can taste things
- mind
ha mord i sinnet- have murder on one's mind
tänka/undra/etc. något i sitt stilla sinne- think/wonder/etc. something quietly to oneself ("in one's calm/still mind" – idiomatic)
- (natural) skill; sense, mind, eye, etc.
- Synonym: (more idiomatic in some cases, notably rhythm) känsla
att ha sinne för humor- to have a sense of humor
Hon har dåligt affärssinne- She has poor business acumen
bollsinne- ball skills (skills manipulating a ball)
ordningssinne- tidiness (inclination to be tidy – "order sense")
ölsinne- ability to behave when drunk ("beer sense")
Declension
See also
References
Votic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish sinne and Ingrian sinne.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sinne
- (lative) (to) there, thither
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sinne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā.
Noun
sinne c (plural sinnen, diminutive sintsje)
- sun
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sinne (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011