sinnig

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See also: -sinnig

German

Etymology

Sinn +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪnɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪnɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: sin‧nig

Adjective

sinnig (strong nominative masculine singular sinniger, comparative sinniger, superlative am sinnigsten)

  1. meaningful
    Synonyms: sinnvoll, sinnreich
    • 2012 November 11, dpa, “Eros Ramazzotti: Ich könnte den größten Scheiß singen”, in Zeit Online:
      Der italienische Schmusesänger Eros Ramazzotti hält seine Musik für so gut, dass sie auch ohne sinnige Texte auskommen würde.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (dialectal, Northern Germany) careful
    Synonyms: vorsichtig, bedächtig
    • c. 1916, Gorch Fock [pseudonym; Johann Kinau], “Letzer Wunsch”, in Eberhard von Mantey, editor, Auf See unbesiegt, published 1922, page 290:
      Steuermann, ein Bibelwort! / Junge, nimm dien Mütze mol af, / Und dann sinnig öber Bord…
      Skipper, say something from the Bible / Boy, take your cap off for a bit / And then slowly over board…
  3. (dated) pensive
    Synonym: nachdenklich

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Further reading

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