Polyglot Dictionary

Zinn

/tsɪn/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. tin, pewter

    • Der alte Becher war aus Zinn.

      The old cup was made of pewter.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

étain

étain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tin, pewter."

Practice

1 What does Zinn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der alte Becher war aus ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zinn?

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