Meaning
- thin, slender, slim
- weak, watery
- (figuratively) flimsy, insufficient
Concepts
thinn
pass with no objection
very narrow
very thin
semi-fluid
bar-shaped
not so often
more sparsely
more thinly
less frequently
thib
Opposite of
dick, stark, kräftig
Synonyms
schlecht gewebt
Dünne
ausgedünnt
mickerig
leptosom
abgezehrt
einzeln liegend
hellfarbig
Haut und Knochen
in dünnen Stücken
stangenförmig
abgemergelt
klapperdürr
schmales Handtuch
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
dinn
Basel-Landschaft
dinnlächt
Basel-Landschaft
raan
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʏn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German dünne, from Old High German dunni, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī. Middle High German -u-, -ü- before nasal geminates regularly become -o-, -ö- in modern German, but for some reason the form dönn(e), though attested, remained very rare.
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