kin

Meaning

chin

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kinne, kin, from Old Saxon kinni. The inherited Old Frisian form was zin.

Sentences

Dêr kin it doarp nea minder fan wurde .

The village can never be less of that.

Dy regel bepaalt dat nimmen syn eigen rjochter wêze kin .

That rule determines that no one can be his own judge.

It bloed krûpt dêr't it net gean kin .

The blood crawls where it cannot go.

Wat men net berikke kin , moat men stean litte.

What one cannot achieve, one must leave.

Bûter , brea , en griene tsiis ; wa't dat net sizze kin , is gjin oprjochte Fries .

Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever cannot say that is not a true Frisian.

Dat monumint kin sneins besjoen wurde , de rûnliedingen begjinne op de hiele oere .

This monument can be viewed on Sundays, the guided tours start on the hour.

Men kin sjen dat de spilers der sels grut plezier oan belibje .

You can see that the players themselves are having a lot of fun with it.

It Nederlânsk kin soms heel hurd klinke , it Frysk is wat sachter.

Dutch can sometimes sound very harsh, Frisian is a bit softer.