fein
German (Berlin)
/faɪ̯n/
adj
Definitions
- fine not rough, coarse, or thick
- (dated) fine; very good; as it should be
- refined; posh; fancy
- (with m) too good; not willing to do something or associate with it because one thinks it beneath one.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German fîn.
Origin
Middle High German
fîn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fīnus Latin
- Chemikalie German
- Feinchemikalie German
- Feingebäck German
- Feingefühl German
- Feinguss German
- Feinkornbaustahl German
- Feinpulver German
- Feinschmecker German
- Feinschmeckerlokal German
- Feinsilber German
- Feinstaub German
- Feinstruktur German
- Feinstrukturkonstante German
- Gebäck German
- Gefühl German
- Guss German
- Masche German
- Pore German
- Pulver German
- Schmecker German
- Silber German
- Staub German
- Struktur German
- feinfühlend German
- feingemahlen German
- feinherb German
- feinkörnig German
- feinmaschig German
- feinporig German
- feinpulvrig German
- feinverteilt German
- fühlend German
- gemahlen German
- herb German
- körnig German
- pulvrig German
- superfein German
- verteilt German
- finissimo Italian
- fino Italian
- finora Italian
- perfino Italian
- sopraffino Italian
- fajne Polish
- fajny Polish
- fajn Serbo-Croatian
- fajnšmeker Serbo-Croatian
- fin Serbo-Croatian
- profiniti Serbo-Croatian
- fain Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fîn Middle High German
- файний Ukrainian
- файно Ukrainian
- файны Belarusian
- fin Slovene
- Pore
- herb
- Guss
- Staub
- Masche
- körnig
- Silber
- Pulver
- Gefühl
- Gebäck
- fühlend
- pulvrig
- verteilt
- feinherb
- Feinguss
- Struktur
- gemahlen
- feinporig
- superfein
- Schmecker
- Feinstaub
- Feinpulver
- Feingebäck
- Feingefühl
- feinkörnig
- Chemikalie
- Feinsilber
- feinmaschig
- feinpulvrig
- feinfühlend
- feingemahlen
- feinverteilt
- Feinstruktur
- Feinschmecker
- Feinchemikalie
- Feinkornbaustahl
- Feinschmeckerlokal
- Feinstrukturkonstante