See also: dunn, Dunn, and dúnn

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dünne, from Old High German dunni, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī.

Middle High German -u-, -ü- before nasal geminates regularly become -o-, -ö- in modern German, but for some reason the form dönn(e), though attested, remained very rare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʏn/
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Adjective

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dünn (strong nominative masculine singular dünner, comparative dünner, superlative am dünnsten)

  1. thin, slender, slim
    Antonym: dick
  2. (of a beverage etc.) weak, watery
    Synonyms: schwach, wässrig, laff
    Antonyms: stark, kräftig
    dünner Kaffeeweak coffee
  3. (figurative) flimsy, insufficient
    Synonym: fadenscheinig
    eine dünne Ausredea flimsy pretext

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dünn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dünn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dünn” in Duden online
  • dünn” in OpenThesaurus.de