Zink – German noun declension

German noun forms of Zink

Noun: Zink
Gender: Neuter, Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Zink
Plural Zinken

Definite

Singulardas; der Zink
Pluraldie Zinken

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Zinkes; Zinks
Plural Zinken

Definite

Singulardes Zinkes; Zinks
Pluralder Zinken

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Zink; Zinke
Plural Zinken

Definite

Singulardem Zink; Zinke
Pluralden Zinken

Accusative

Indefinite

Singularein; einen Zink
Plural Zinken

Definite

Singulardas; den Zink
Pluraldie Zinken

Sample Sentences

Etymology

1. Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”).
2. Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). See: Dutch Nouns 'tinne', German Nouns 'Zinne', Danish Nouns 'tinde', Swedish Nouns 'tinne', Icelandic Nouns 'tindur'.

Verbs referencing "Zink"

English Nouns zinc, Catalan Nouns zinc, French Nouns zinc, Faroese Nouns sink, Icelandic Nouns sink, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sink, Finnish Nouns sinkki, Danish Nouns zink, Dutch Nouns zink, Swedish Nouns zink, Russian Nouns цинк, Ukrainian Nouns цинк, Hungarian Nouns cink, Slovak Nouns zinok, Greek Nouns τσίγκος.

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