Ding

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See also: ding, díng, dìng, dīng, dǐng, and dìŋ

English

Etymology 1

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).

Proper noun

Ding

  1. (historical) A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.
  2. (historical) A county of Republican China in Hebei Province.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳／陈 (Dĭng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Ding

  1. A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.
Translations

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Low German ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Danish ting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪŋ/ (most areas)
  • IPA(key): /dɪŋk/ (chiefly northern Germany)
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Noun

Ding n (strong, genitive Dinges or Dings, plural Dinge or Dinger, diminutive Dinglein n)

  1. thing
    Was ist das für ein Ding? ― What is that thing?
  2. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person)
  3. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)
    Synonym: Thing

Usage notes

  • The plural Dinge means things in general, or different kinds of things:
    Werte sind wichtiger als Dinge. ― Values are more important than things.
    Nahrung, Kleidung und Wohnung sind Dinge, die jeder braucht.
    Food, clothes and a home are things that everyone needs.
  • The plural Dinger means several items of one sort of thing:
    Was sind das hier für kleine rote Dinger? ― What are these little red things?
  • In formal style, this sense is preferably covered by Gegenstände rather than Dinger. The plural Dinger is also used for the sense “young person”.

Declension

Declension of Ding
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ding die Dinge, Dinger
genitive eines des Dinges, Dings der Dinge, Dinger
dative einem dem Ding, Dinge1 den Dingen, Dingern
accusative ein das Ding die Dinge, Dinger

1Now rare, see notes.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian , from Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare German Ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Swedish ting.

Noun

Ding n (plural Dinge)

  1. thing

Derived terms

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Cognates include West Frisian ding, Dutch ding and German Ding.

Pronunciation

Noun

Ding n (plural Dingere)

  1. thing

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Ding”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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