zin
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.
Noun edit
zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)
- meaning, significance
- Synonym: betekenis
- Wat is de zin van het leven?
- What is the meaning of life?
- point, sense
- Dat heeft geen zin.
- There's no point.
- (grammar) sentence
- 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
- 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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
zin
- inflection of zinnen:
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Verb edit
zin
- alternative form of verb form zina
Matal edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
zin
- (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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
zin
Middle Dutch edit
Noun edit
zin
- Alternative spelling of sin
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
zin (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 edit
References 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