Wiktionary

sinn

See also: Sinn and sinni

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sinn n (genitive singular sins, plural sinn)

  1. time, times
    á sinni ― once (before); another time
    á hesum sinni ― this time, now
    ikki á hvørjum sinni ― not every time, seldom
    á síðsta sinni ― for the last time
    ikki enn á sinni ― not yet

DeclensionEdit

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sinn sinnið sinn sinnini
Accusative sinn sinnið sinn sinnini
Dative sinni sinninum sinnum sinnunum
Genitive sins sinsins sinna sinnanna

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

sinn

  1. singular imperative of sinnen

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse sinn, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz (“journey, way; time, occurrence”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Cognate with Faroese sinn, Danish sinde, Swedish sin (in någonsin (“ever; at any time”)); more distantly Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs), Old High German sind.

NounEdit

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, no plural)

  1. time, as in occurrence
    Synonym: skipti
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Old Norse sínn, sinn from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sinn m (feminine sín, neuter sitt)

  1. Third-person reflexive possessive determiner: his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
    • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
      Krummi krunkar úti,
      kallar á nafna sinn:
      „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
      hrygg og gæruskinn.“
      Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
      krummi nafni minn.
      Krummi croaks outside,
      calling his namesake:
      “I found the head of a ram,
      backbone and sheepskin.”
      Come now and peck with me,
      Krummi, my namesake.”
DeclensionEdit
Possessive pronouns (eignarfornöfn)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sinn sín sitt sínir sínar sín
accusative sinn sína sitt sína sínar sín
dative sínum sinni sínu sínum sínum sínum
genitive síns sinnar síns sinna sinna sinna
Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sinni.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

PronounEdit

sinn (emphatic form sinne)

  1. we, us (disjunctive)
  2. (nonstandard) we (conjunctive)

Usage notesEdit

  • Not used as a conjunctive pronoun in the standard language; instead, synthetic verb forms or analytic forms with muid are used in the first person plural. Found with analytic verb forms in colloquial usage in some dialects. Use as a disjunctive pronoun is fully standard.

See alsoEdit

Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic) 		Disjunctive
(emphatic) 		Possessive
determiner
Singular First mé
(mise) 		mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa) 		do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean) 		é
(eisean) 		a L
Third feminine sí
(sise) 		í
(ise) 		a H
Third neuter — ea —
Plural First muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne) 		ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan) 		iad
(iadsan) 		a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

LuxembourgishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • sin (superseded)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn / wesan (“to be”), from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”). Cognate with German sein, Dutch zijn.

The short vowel in the form sinn is probably due to merger with the Middle High German third-person plural sint. The -f in the imperative is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a gliding sound. The expected subjunctive is wéier, which is attested dialectally. The standard forms were formed anew from the preterite.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sinn (third-person singular present ass, preterite war or wor, past participle gewiescht, past subjunctive wier or wär, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. to be

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of sinn
infinitive sinn
participle gewiescht
auxiliary sinn
singular plural
1st person
ech 		2nd person
du 		3rd person
hien/si/hatt 		1st person
mir 		2nd person
dir 		3rd person
si
indicative present simple sinn bass ass sinn sidd sinn
preterite war waars war waren waart waren
present perfect si gewiescht bass gewiescht ass gewiescht si gewiescht sidd gewiescht si gewiescht
past perfect war gewiescht waars gewiescht war gewiescht ware gewiescht waart gewiescht ware gewiescht
future simple wäert sinn wäerts sinn wäert sinn wäerte sinn wäert sinn wäerte sinn
future perfect wäert gewiescht sinn wäerts gewiescht sinn wäert gewiescht sinn wäerte gewiescht sinn wäert gewiescht sinn wäerte gewiescht sinn
conditional simple wier wiers wier wieren wiert wieren
present géif sinn géifs sinn géif sinn géife sinn géift sinn géife sinn
perfect wier gewiescht wiers gewiescht wier gewiescht wiere gewiescht wiert gewiescht wiere gewiescht
imperative affirmative – sief — — sieft / sidd —

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German sin; compare German Sinn, Sinne.

NounEdit

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna or sinnene)

  1. mind

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from sinn

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “sinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “sinn” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German sin.

NounEdit

sinn n (definite singular sinnet, indefinite plural sinn, definite plural sinna)

  1. mind

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old NorseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsinː/
  • (13th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnː/

Etymology 1Edit

From earlier sínn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz.

DeterminerEdit

sinn

  1. (Reflexive possessive third person determiner.) his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own)
    han hefndi fǫður síns
    he avenged his father
DeclensionEdit
    Declension of sinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sinn sín sitt
accusative sinn sína sitt
dative sínum sinni sínu
genitive síns sinnar síns
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sínir sínar sín
accusative sína sínar sín
dative sínum sínum sínum
genitive sinna sinna sinna
Old Norse personal pronouns
number first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative ek þú hann hon, hón þat
accusative mik þik sik hann, hánn hana, hána þat
dative mér þér sér hánum, hónum henni því
genitive mínn, minn þínn, þinn sínn, sinn hans, háns hennar þess
case dual
nominative vit it, þit
accusative okkr ykkr sik
dative okkr ykkr sér
genitive okkarr ykkarr sínn, sinn
case plural plural masculine plural feminine plural neuter
nominative vér ér, þér þeir þær þau
accusative oss yðr sik þá þær þau
dative oss yðr sér þeim þeim þeim
genitive várr yðarr, yðvarr sínn, sinn þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra þeira, þeirra


Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *sinþaz. Cognate with Old English sīþ, Old Frisian sīth, Old Saxon sīth, Old High German sind, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs).

NounEdit

sinn n

  1. time, occurence
    Synonym: sinni
Usage notesEdit
  • As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinni.
DeclensionEdit
  Declension of sinn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sinn sinnit sinn sinnin
accusative sinn sinnit sinn sinnin
dative sinni sinninu sinnum sinnunum
genitive sinns sinnsins sinna sinnanna

ReferencesEdit

  • “sinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish sinni. Cognates include Irish sinn and Manx shin.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sinn

  1. we, us
    Thèid sinn dhan bhanca a-màireach; chì sibh sinn ann.
    We’ll go to the bank tomorrow; you'll see us there.

See alsoEdit

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
simple emphatic
singular plural singular plural
First person mi sinn mise sinne
Second person thu, tu1) sibh thusa, tusa1) sibhse
Third person m e iad esan iadsan
Third person f i ise
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
**) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse sinna, from Middle Low German sinnen, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan.

VerbEdit

sinn (preterite sinnä)

  1. (intransitive) To consider, contemplate, think.
    Han sinnä långä stånnä på di
    He contemplated for a long while.

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Low German sin. Cognate with Norwegian sinne (“anger, wrath,”) sinn (“mind,”) Icelandic sinni (“disposition, mind, opinion”) Swedish sinne (“mind,”) Danish sind (“mind, temper, disposition.”).

NounEdit

sinn n (definite sinnä)

  1. Fierce temperament, headstrongness.
    hä var bara pulä sinnä
    He was fiercely angry (lit. it was but pure anger.)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
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