sin
A violation of divine will or religious lawA violation of divine will or religious law.
» Is it always a sin to tell a lie?
Ist es immer eine Sünde, zu lügen?
Чи сказати брехню завжди гріх?
Meaning
9 senses(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A violation of divine will or religious law.
As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
Sünde
грехgrex
гріхhrix
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A misdeed or wrong.
Sünde
грехgrex, просту́покprostúpok, прегреше́ниеpregrešénije
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A flaw or mistake.
No movie is without sin.
(countable, error lua exec, uncountable)Sin bin
A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
Examples
277 sentencesIs it always a sin to tell a lie?
Чи сказати брехню завжди гріх?
deIst es immer eine Sünde, zu lügen?
I confessed my sin.
Я зізнався у своєму гріху.
ruЯ сознался в своём грехе.
deIch habe meine Sünde gebeichtet.
Doing that is considered a sin.
deDas gilt als Sünde.
It isn't a sin to love someone.
It isn't a sin to love somebody.
ruЛюбить кого-то - не грех.
deEs ist keine Sünde, jemanden zu lieben.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, excuse”) and *sundī, *sundijō (“sin”), from , from *h₁sónts ("being, true", implying a verdict of "truly guilty" against an accusation or charge), from *h₁es- (“to be”); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee.
Modification of shin.
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Forms
plural: sinsSynonyms
55 synonyms- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will:sinning
- estrangement from god:sinfulnesswickedness
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle:sine
Word family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable