zinnen
Meaning
-
to contemplate, to plot
Concepts
meditate
please
ponder
think to oneself
muse
appeal to
reflect on
think
think about
be pleasing
attend to
mirror
reflect
daydream
dream
fancy
request
Frequency
Hyphenated as
zin‧nen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪnə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sinnen, from Old Dutch *sinnan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinnan, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-n-, a nasal suffix present from the root *sent- (“to feel”).
New
zin
-
- (masculine) meaning, significance
- (masculine) point, sense
- (masculine) sentence
- (masculine) sense (means of perceiving reality)
- (masculine) sense, comprehension
- (masculine) desire, appetite; intention
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