Sinter

See also: sinter and šinter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sinder, from Old High German sintar, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz, *sendraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”); related to Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, “lime cinder, gypsum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪntɐ/
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Noun

Sinter m (strong, genitive Sinters, plural Sinter)

  1. (geology, metallurgy) sinter

Declension

Declension of Sinter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sinter die Sinter
genitive eines des Sinters der Sinter
dative einem dem Sinter den Sintern
accusative einen den Sinter die Sinter

Derived terms

  • sintern
  • Kalksinter
  • Sinterglas
  • Sintermetall

Further reading

  • “Sinter” in Duden online
  • “Sinter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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