Sinter

See also: sinter, sintér, and šinter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sinder, from Old High German sintar, from Proto-Germanic *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). For the consonantism, see hinter.

Related with Dutch sintel, Middle Low German sinder, sinter, West Frisian sindel, sintel, English cinder, Danish sinder, Swedish sinder, Icelandic sindur, Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪntər/, [ˈzɪn.tɐ], (southern also) [ˈsɪn-], [ˈsin-]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Sin‧ter

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

• Kalksinter
• Sinterglas
• Sintermetall
• sintern

Further reading

• “Sinter” in Duden online
• “Sinter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)