zin

See also: zîn and zin-

English

white zin

Alternative forms

• Zin

Etymology

Clipping of zinfandel.

Noun

zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)

1. (informal) Zinfandel wine.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪn/

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• Hyphenation: zin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Noun

zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)

1. meaning, significance

   Synonym: betekenis

   Wat is de zin van het leven?

   What is the meaning of life?

2. point, the purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful

   Dat heeft geen zin.

   There's no point.

3. (grammar) sentence, phrase

   Synonym: frase

4. sense (means of perceiving reality)

   Synonym: zintuig

5. sense, comprehension

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

6. desire, appetite; intention

   Synonyms: lust, trek, goesting

   Ik heb zin om iets te doen. ― I feel like doing something.

Derived terms

• bijzin
• diepzinnig
• eigenzinnig
• hoofdzin
• in enge zin
• in ruime zin
• krankzinnig
• omstandigheidszin
• onzin
• onzinnig
• openingszin
• reukzin
• scherpzinnig
• smaakzin
• tastzin
• tegenzin
• uitzinnig
• verzinnen
• volzin
• voorbeeldzin
• vraagzin
• vrijzinnig
• waanzin
• weerzin
• werkelijkheidszin
• zin hebben
• zingeving
• zinloos
• zinnelijk
• zinnen
• zinnenprikkelend
• zinnig
• zinsbouw
• zinsdeel
• zinsleer
• zinspelen
• zintuig
• zinvol

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sin
• Negerhollands: sin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zin

1. inflection of zinnen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• inz.

Latvian

Verb

zin

1. alternative form of verb form zina

Matal

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʒín]

Verb

zin

1. (intransitive) to smell

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French juin.

Noun

zin

1. June

Middle Dutch

Noun

zin

1. Alternative spelling of sin

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪn/

Noun

zin (plural zins)

1. sun
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Ha deight ouse var gabble, tell ee zin go t'glade.

     You have put us in talk, 'till the sun goes to set.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 14-15:

     till ee zin o'oure daies be var aye be ee-go t'glade.

     until the sun of our lives be gone down the dark valley (of death).

Derived terms

• zin-zetteen

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81