German

Noun

Kinn n ‎(genitive Kinns or Kinnes, plural Kinne)

1. chin

Declension

Derived terms

• Kinnbart
• Kinnhaken

Hungarian

Adverb

kinn

1. outside

Usage notes

Never takes suffixes. Suffixes can be attached only to its synonym, kint (kintre, kintről, kinti).

Synonyms

• kint
• odakint

Antonyms

• benn, bent

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- ‎(“cheek”). Compare Faroese and Norwegian kinn, Danish and Swedish kind, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪnː/

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

kinn f ‎(genitive singular kinnar, nominative plural kinnar)

1. a cheek
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

Declension

See also

• kjammi
• vangi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çɪnː/

  Rhymes: -ɪnː

Noun

kinn n ‎(definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn or kinner, definite plural kinna or kinnene)

1. a cheek (each of the two sides of the face)

   å vende det andre kinnet til - to turn the other cheek

References

• “kinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn

Noun

kinn n ‎(definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn, definite plural kinna)

1. a cheek (as above)

References

• “kinn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.