sinnen
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See also: Sinnen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sinnen, from Old High German sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sinnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present sinnt, past tense sann, past participle gesonnen, past subjunctive sänne or (archaic) sönne, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, formal) to think, to ponder, to cogitate
- 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs][1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Und fortgezaubert stand ich bald / In einem düstern, wilden Wald. / Die Bäume ragten himmelan; / Ich stand erstaunt und sann und sann.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive, formal) to direct one's thoughts to something, to plan, to intend
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | sinnen | ||||
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present participle | sinnend | ||||
past participle | gesonnen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sinne | wir sinnen | i | ich sinne | wir sinnen |
du sinnst | ihr sinnt | du sinnest | ihr sinnet | ||
er sinnt | sie sinnen | er sinne | sie sinnen | ||
preterite | ich sann | wir sannen | ii | ich sänne1 ich sönne1,2 |
wir sännen1 wir sönnen1,2 |
du sannst | ihr sannt | du sännest1 du sännst1 du sönnest1,2 du sönnst1,2 |
ihr sännet1 ihr sännt1 ihr sönnet1,2 ihr sönnt1,2 | ||
er sann | sie sannen | er sänne1 er sönne1,2 |
sie sännen1 sie sönnen1,2 | ||
imperative | sinn (du) sinne (du) |
sinnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
2Archaic.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Saterland Frisian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]sinnen (feminine sienen, neuter sienen, plural sienen, attributive sin)
See also
[edit]Saterland Frisian possessives
Possessive determiners | |||||||||
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singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | min | din | sin | hiere | sin | uus | jou | hiere | |
other | mien | dien | sien | sien | |||||
Possessive pronouns | |||||||||
singular | plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
masculine | minnen | dinnen | sinnen | hierens | sinnen | uzen | jouens | hierens | |
other | mienen | dienen | sienen | sienen |
References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “sin, sien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
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West Frisian
[edit]Noun
[edit]sinnen
Noun
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