Zinn

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Zinn ← Middle High German zin ← Old High German zin →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

    Often, Gill said, Zinn was arrested on suspicion of trespassing. He said Zinn was politically conservative, leaning libertarian, and would “give me a hard time for being a Dem.”

    2025 September 10, Paighten Harkins and Sean P. Means, “George Zinn, arrested on suspicion of obstruction after Charlie Kirk shooting, is widely known Utah political ‘gadfly’”, in The Salt Lake Tribune

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*tiną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*tin
  3. Old High Germanzin
  4. Middle High Germanzin
  5. GermanZinn
  6. EnglishZinn

Borrowed from German Zinn.

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Cite this entry
APA

Zinn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zinn

MLA

“Zinn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zinn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zinn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zinn.

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