Sentences with German verb sinnen ⟨Passive⟩ ⟨Interrogative⟩

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Present

  • Er sinnt auf Rache. 
    English He is plotting revenge.
  • Ich sinne über eine Lösung. 
    English I'm trying to figure out a solution.
  • Worüber sinnst du so ernsthaft? 
    English What are you thinking so seriously about?
  • Die Fußballmannschaft aus dem Nachbardorf sinnt auf eine Revanche für die Niederlage im Hinspiel. 
    English The football team from the neighboring village is plotting revenge for the defeat in the first leg.

Imperfect

  • Ich sann auf Worte der Erwiderung und verharrte einen Augenblick lang im Schweigen. 
    English I pondered words of reply and lingered in silence for a moment.
  • Nachdem die Politiker gewählt worden waren, warfen sie ihr Wahlprogramm ins Feuer und sannen , wie sie sich möglichst schnell bereichern könnten. 
    English After the politicians had been elected, they threw their election platform into the fire and pondered how they could make themselves rich as fast as possible.

Present Subj.

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Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

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Participle

  • Sein ganzes Leben hatte er auf Rache gesonnen . 
    English All his life he had longed for vengeance.
  • Wir werden aus seinem Handeln ersehen, ob er uns freundlich oder feindlich gesonnen ist. 
    English We will see from his actions whether he is friendly or hostile towards us.
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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Passive for sinnen

  • Er sinnt auf Rache. 
    English He is plotting revenge.
  • Ich sinne über eine Lösung. 
    English I'm trying to figure out a solution.
  • Worüber sinnst du so ernsthaft? 
    English What are you thinking so seriously about?
  • Ich sann auf Worte der Erwiderung und verharrte einen Augenblick lang im Schweigen. 
    English I pondered words of reply and lingered in silence for a moment.
  • Die Fußballmannschaft aus dem Nachbardorf sinnt auf eine Revanche für die Niederlage im Hinspiel. 
    English The football team from the neighboring village is plotting revenge for the defeat in the first leg.
  • Nachdem die Politiker gewählt worden waren, warfen sie ihr Wahlprogramm ins Feuer und sannen , wie sie sich möglichst schnell bereichern könnten. 
    English After the politicians had been elected, they threw their election platform into the fire and pondered how they could make themselves rich as fast as possible.
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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Passive for sinnen

Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

Sentences for imperative Passive for sinnen

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Translations

Translation of German sinnen

German sinnen
English brood, meditate, muse, plan, ponder, contemplate, intend, mean
Russian думать, замышлять, замыслить, намерение, помыслить, помышлять, умысел
Spanish pensar, aspirar, intención, recapacitar, reflexionar
French avoir l'intention, intention
Turkish düşünüp taşınmak, kast, niyet
Portuguese intenção, meditar, pensar, refletir
Italian meditare, almanaccare, covare, intendere, pensare, ponderare, progettare, riflettere
Romanian gând, intenție
Hungarian szándék
Polish intencja, zamierzać
Greek προγραμματίζω, σκοπεύω
Dutch bedoelen, peinzen, van plan zijn, zinnen
Czech dumat, myslit, mít v úmyslu, pomyslit, přemýšlet, zamýšlet
Swedish avsikt, fundera, tänka
Danish have intention, hensigt, pønse på, spekulere, tænke
Japanese 意図, 考える
Catalan pensar, intenció
Finnish aikomus, tarkoitus
Norwegian ha til hensikt
Basque asmoa, pentsatu
Serbian namera, planirati
Macedonian намерение
Slovenian namera, razmišljati
Slowakisch mať v úmysle, zamýšľať
Bosnian namjera
Croatian namjera, plan
Ukrainian намір, план
Bulgarian намера, план
Belorussian намервацца, планаваць
Indonesian berniat
Vietnamese ý định
Uzbek niyat qilmoq
Hindi इरादा रखना
Chinese 打算
Thai ตั้งใจ
Korean 의도하다
Azerbaijani niyyət etmək
Georgian გეგმავ
Bengali উদ্দেশ্য রাখা
Albanian ndërmend
Marathi इरादा ठरवणे
Nepali इरादा राख्नु
Telugu ఉద్దేశం పెట్టడం
Latvian nolūkoties
Tamil நோக்கம் வைத்தல்
Estonian sihtima
Armenian նպատակ ունենալ
Kurdish niyet kirin
Hebrewכוונה، מחשבה
Arabicقصد، نوى، نية
Persianنیت داشتن
Urduارادہ، نیت

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of sinnen
  • nachdenken, grübeln
  • die Absicht haben, etwas Bestimmtes zu tun., planen
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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 119037, 119037

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 3760548, 1729472, 1293342, 4886517, 2767860, 7856648, 2116060

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 119037

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