Sinter
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sinder, from Old High German sintar, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz, *sendraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”); related to Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, “lime cinder, gypsum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sinter m (strong, genitive Sinters, plural Sinter)
Declension edit
Declension of Sinter [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Sinter” in Duden online