Zinne

Meaning

1. (feminine) merlon
2. (feminine, figuratively, in-plural, literary) mountain peaks; (city's) battlements, towers
3. (Switzerland, feminine) roof terrace

Concepts

merlon

crenellation

pinnacle

crenel

Crenellation

embrasure

peak

battlement

Synonyms

Gipfel

Spitze

Pinakel

Schießscharte

Spitzsäule

Mauerzinne

Zinnen

Krenelierung

Befestigung

Festungsmauer

Giebel

Hyphenated as

Zin‧ne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtsɪnə/

Etymology

From Middle High German zinne, from Old High German zinna, from Proto-Germanic *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Dutch tinne, German Low German Tinne. Related also to Old English tind (“peg, spike, prong”). More at English tine.
Alternatively, Old High German zinna may descend from Proto-Germanic *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dént-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).