dünn

Meaning

  1. thin, slender, slim
  2. weak, watery
  3. (figuratively) flimsy, insufficient

Opposite of
dick, stark, kräftig
Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dinn

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dinnlächt

Basel-Landschaft

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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