Sinter

See also: sinter and šinter

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪntɐ/

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Noun

Sinter m (strong, genitive Sinters, plural Sinter)

1. (geology, metallurgy) sinter

Declension

Declension of Sinter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sinter	die	Sinter
genitive	eines	des	Sinters	der	Sinter
dative	einem	dem	Sinter	den	Sintern
accusative	einen	den	Sinter	die	Sinter

Derived terms

• sintern
• Kalksinter
• Sinterglas
• Sintermetall

Further reading

• “Sinter” in Duden online
• “Sinter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache