Kinn

See also: kinn

German

Etymology

From Old High German kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). Compare Low German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪn/

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Noun

Kinn n (genitive Kinns or Kinnes, plural Kinne)

1. chin

Declension

Declension of Kinn

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kinn	die	Kinne
genitive	eines	des	Kinnes, Kinns	der	Kinne
dative	einem	dem	Kinn, Kinne1	den	Kinnen
accusative	ein	das	Kinn	die	Kinne

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

• Kinnbart
• Kinnhaken

Further reading

• Kinn in Duden online