Noun: kinn
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | kinnet |
| Pl. | kinna; kinnene |
Sample Sentences
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å vende det andre kinnet til (to turn the other cheek)
Nouns inflected like kinn
antiklimaks,
symbol,
system,
sekret,
mikrosekund,
sovjet,
sirkus,
signal,
skjørt,
godhetstyranni,
karbohydrat,
vendepunkt,
stekebrett,
gatemarked,
skafferi,
kjernekraftverk,
subkontinent,
butikkvindu,
pergament,
abonnement, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus. Compare English chin. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kinn', English Nouns '
chin'.
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