Kinn

Concepts

chin

jaw

mentum

beard

jawline

chin

Synonyms

Unterkiefer

Bart

Büschel

Kiefer

Locke

Zweig

Mentum

Kinnspitze

Ast

Kiefer Oberkiefer

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kiini

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪn/

Etymology

From Middle High German kinne, from Old High German kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”).
Compare Low German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.