Meaning

9 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.

  3. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A misdeed or wrong.

    Sünde

    грехgrex, просту́покprostúpok, прегреше́ниеpregrešénije

  4. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

  5. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

  6. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A flaw or mistake.

    No movie is without sin.

  7. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)Sin bin

  8. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ

    the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

  9. A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

Examples

277 sentences
  1. Is it always a sin to tell a lie?

    Чи сказати брехню завжди гріх?

    deIst es immer eine Sünde, zu lügen?

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  2. I confessed my sin.

    Я зізнався у своєму гріху.

    ruЯ сознался в своём грехе.

    deIch habe meine Sünde gebeichtet.

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  3. Doing that is considered a sin.

    deDas gilt als Sünde.

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  4. It isn't a sin to love someone.

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  5. It isn't a sin to love somebody.

    ruЛюбить кого-то - не грех.

    deEs ist keine Sünde, jemanden zu lieben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
violation of religious law:
Русский
By meaning 2
violation of religious law:
misdeed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
violation of religious law:

Origin

From Middle English sinne, synne, sunne, zen, from Old English synn (“sin”), from Proto-We

From 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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