sintemal
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sintemāl, a conjunction of sint dem māle (literally “from the time”).
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editsintemal
- (archaic) (especially) since, (especially) because, forasmuch
- Synonym: zumal
- Man hätte ein besseres Benehmen erwartet, sintemal er ein Major ist.
- One would have expected better manners, especially as he is a major.
- Ich trug nur leichte Kleidung, sintemal die Sonne schien.
- I wore only light clothes, since the sun shone. (Indicating that light clothes were inappropriate at some later point.)
- 1905, Heinrich Mann, Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag:
- »Dem mag nun sein wie ihm wolle, so irren Sie doch in Ihrer ersten Voraussetzung, Mann, sintemal ich kein Volksschullehrer bin, sondern der Professor Doktor Raat vom hiesigen Gymnasium.«
- »Be that as it may, you are still mistaken in your first presupposition, Mann, especially as I am no primary school teacher, but Professor Doctor Raat of the local gymnasium.«
Further reading
edit- “sintemal” in Duden online
- “sintemal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sintemal” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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