dünn
adj · /dʏn/ ·Etymology
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.
Translation
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thin, slender, slim
Ein Buch ist dünn; das andere ist dick. Das dicke hat ungefähr 200 Seiten.
One book is thin. The other is thick. The thick one has about 200 pages.
- fine source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
- gaunt source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
- thin source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
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weak, watery
dünner Kaffee
weak coffee
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flimsy, insufficient
figuratively
eine dünne Ausrede
a flimsy pretext