sinn

See also: Sinn and sinni

English

Verb

sinn (third-person singular simple present sinns, present participle sinning, simple past and past participle sinned)

1. Obsolete spelling of sin.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪnː]

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of sinn (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

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

sinn

1. singular imperative of sinnen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnː/
• Rhymes: -ɪnː

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

sinn n (genitive singular sinns, nominative plural sinn)

1. time, as in occurrence

   Synonyms: skipti, sinni

Declension

Declension of sinn (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sinn	sinnið	sinn	sinnin
accusative	sinn	sinnið	sinn	sinnin
dative	sinni	sinninu	sinnum	sinnunum
genitive	sinns	sinnsins	sinna	sinnanna

Derived terms

• einu sinni
• einu sinni var
• ekki einu sinni
• endrum og sinnum
• fyrst um sinn
• mörgum sinnum
• um sinn
• vera nóg að sinni

Related terms

• senda

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

sinn (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 höfuð 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.”

Declension

positive forms of sinn (strong-only)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sinn	sín	sitt
accusative	sinn	sína
dative	sínum	sinni	sínu
genitive	síns	sinnar	síns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sínir	sínar	sín
accusative	sína
dative	sínum
genitive	sinna

Derived terms

• deyja drottni sínum
• gera sitt til
• hafa nóg á sinni könnu
• láta sigla sinn sjó
• leika við hvern sinn fingur
• ota sínum tota
• sinn er siður í landi hverju
• sinn hvor
• sitt af hverju
• sitt á hvað
• sitt hvoru megin
• skara eld að sinni köku
• varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns
• vinna á sitt band

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sinni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪn̠ʲ/, /ʃɪnʲ/

Pronoun

sinn (emphatic form sinne)

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

Usage notes

• 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 also

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.

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• sin (superseded)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zin/
• Rhymes: -in

Verb

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

1. to be

Conjugation

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 Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. mind

Derived terms

• besinne
• ro i sinnet
• sindig
• sinnelag
• sinnslidelse
• sinnslidende
• sinnslikevekt
• sinnsro
• sinnssykdom
• sinnstilstand
• sinnsvak
• sinnsyk

See also

• sinne

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sin.

Noun

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

1. mind

Derived terms

• ro i sinnet
• sinnstilstand

References

• “sinn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

sinn f

1. Alternative form of synn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Determiner

sinn

1. Alternative form of sínn (“one’s”)

Declension

    Declension of sinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sínn, sinn	sín	sítt, sitt
accusative	sínn, sinn	sína	sítt, sitt
dative	sínum	sínni, sinni	sínu
genitive	síns	sínnar, sinnar	síns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sínir	sínar	sín
accusative	sína	sínar	sín
dative	sínum	sínum	sínum
genitive	sínna, sinna	sínna, sinna	sínna, sinna

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sinn n

1. time, occurrence

   Synonym: sinni

Usage notes

• As this noun is most frequently used in the dative, it is often impossible to tell apart from the synonymous sinni.

Declension

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiɲ/

Pronoun

sinn (emphatic sinne)

1. first-person plural pronoun; 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 also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

		simple		emphatic
		singular	plural	singular	plural
first person		mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person		thu, tu1	sibh2	thusa, tusa1	sibhse2
third person	m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
	f	i		ise

¹ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
² 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.