sinnen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German sinnen, from Old High German sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪnən/, /zɪnn̩/
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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

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Further reading

  • sinnen” in Duden online
  • sinnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

  1. his

See also

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