zin
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editzin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.
Noun
editzin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)
- meaning, significance
- Synonym: betekenis
- Wat is de zin van het leven?
- What is the meaning of life?
- point, the purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful
- Dat heeft geen zin.
- There's no point.
- (grammar) sentence, phrase
- Synonym: frase
- sense (means of perceiving reality)
- Synonym: zintuig
- sense, comprehension
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- desire, appetite; intention
Derived terms
edit- bijzin
- diepzinnig
- eigenzinnig
- hoofdzin
- in enge zin
- in ruime zin
- krankzinnig
- omstandigheidszin
- onzin
- onzinnig
- openingszin
- reukzin
- scherpzinnig
- smaakzin
- tastzin
- tegenzin
- uitzinnig
- verzinnen
- volzin
- voorbeeldzin
- vraagzin
- vrijzinnig
- waanzin
- weerzin
- werkelijkheidszin
- zin hebben
- zingeving
- zinloos
- zinnelijk
- zinnen
- zinnenprikkelend
- zinnig
- zinsbouw
- zinsdeel
- zinsleer
- zinspelen
- zintuig
- zinvol
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editzin
- inflection of zinnen:
Anagrams
editLatvian
editVerb
editzin
- alternative form of verb form zina
Matal
editPronunciation
editVerb
editzin
- (intransitive) to smell
References
edit- ^ Rossing, Melvin Olaf (1978) “zin”, in Mafa-Mada: A Comparative Study of Chadic Languages in North Cameroun, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 49
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editNoun
editzin
Middle Dutch
editNoun
editzin
- Alternative spelling of sin
Yola
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzin (plural zins)
- sun
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
- Ha deight ouse var gabble, tell ee zin go t'glade.
- You have put us in talk, 'till the sun goes to set.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 14-15:
- till ee zin o'oure daies be var aye be ee-go t'glade.
- until the sun of our lives be gone down the dark valley (of death).
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
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