From Middle Dutch sinnen, from Old Dutch *sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-n-, a nasal suffix present from the root *sent- (“to feel”).
zinnen
| Inflection of zinnen (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zinnen | |||
| past singular | zon | |||
| past participle | gezonnen | |||
| infinitive | zinnen | |||
| gerund | zinnen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zin | zon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zint | zon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zint | zon | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zint | zont | ||
| 3rd person singular | zint | zon | ||
| plural | zinnen | zonnen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zinne | zonne | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zinnen | zonnen | ||
| imperative sing. | zin | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zint | |||
| participles | zinnend | gezonnen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
zinnen
| Inflection of zinnen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zinnen | |||
| past singular | zinde | |||
| past participle | gezind | |||
| infinitive | zinnen | |||
| gerund | zinnen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zin | zinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zint | zinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zint | zinde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zint | zinde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zint | zinde | ||
| plural | zinnen | zinden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zinne | zinde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zinnen | zinden | ||
| imperative sing. | zin | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zint | |||
| participles | zinnend | gezind | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
zinnen
From Middle High German zinīn, from Old High German zinīn. Equivalent to Zinn + -en; cognates include obsolete English tinnen.
zinnen (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular zinnener, not comparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | — | — | — | — | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | zinnener | zinnene | zinnenes | zinnene |
| genitive | zinnenen | zinnener | zinnenen | zinnener | |
| dative | zinnenem | zinnener | zinnenem | zinnenen | |
| accusative | zinnenen | zinnene | zinnenes | zinnene | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der zinnene | die zinnene | das zinnene | die zinnenen |
| genitive | des zinnenen | der zinnenen | des zinnenen | der zinnenen | |
| dative | dem zinnenen | der zinnenen | dem zinnenen | den zinnenen | |
| accusative | den zinnenen | die zinnene | das zinnene | die zinnenen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein zinnener | eine zinnene | ein zinnenes | (keine) zinnenen |
| genitive | eines zinnenen | einer zinnenen | eines zinnenen | (keiner) zinnenen | |
| dative | einem zinnenen | einer zinnenen | einem zinnenen | (keinen) zinnenen | |
| accusative | einen zinnenen | eine zinnene | ein zinnenes | (keine) zinnenen | |