Finger

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English

Etymology

English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.

Proper noun

Finger

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Tennessee.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger, Danish finger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪŋɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
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Noun

Finger m (strong, genitive Fingers, plural Finger, diminutive Fingerchen n or Fingerlein n)

  1. finger

Declension

Declension of Finger
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Finger die Finger
genitive eines des Fingers der Finger
dative einem dem Finger den Fingern
accusative einen den Finger die Finger

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Further reading

  • “Finger” in Duden online
  • “Finger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fingar.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger or Fingern or Fingers)

  1. finger (of the hand)

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References

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar.

Pronunciation

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger, diminutive Fingerche)

  1. finger
    Sie hod lange Finger.
    She has long fingers.

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar. Compare German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger)

  1. finger

Saterland Frisian

n Finger.

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Cognates include West Frisian finger and German Finger.

Pronunciation

Noun

Finger m (plural Fingere)

  1. finger

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References

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