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dünn.

thin, slender, slim

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/dʏn/

  1. thin, slender, slim

  2. weak, watery

    dünner Kaffee

  3. flimsy, insufficient

    figuratively
    eine dünne Ausrede
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German dünne, from Old High German dunni, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī. Middle High German -u-, -ü- before nasal geminates regularly become -o-, -ö- in modern German, but for some reason the form dönn(e), though attested, remained very rare.

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