Hering

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See also: hering

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hærinc, herinc, from Old High German hārinc, herinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring, *haring, perhaps from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːʁɪŋ/
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Noun

Hering m (strong, genitive Heringes or Herings, plural Heringe)

  1. herring
  2. tent peg
  3. (informal) thin person, usually male
    • 1978, “Dicke”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:
      Ich bin froh, dass ich kein Dicker bin,
      Denn Dicksein ist ’ne Quälerei.
      Ich bin froh, dass ich so’n dürrer Hering bin,
      Denn dünn bedeutet frei zu sein.
      I’m glad I’m not a fat person,
      Because being fat is torment.
      I’m glad I’m such a scrawny herring,
      For to be thin means to be free.

Declension

Declension of Hering
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hering die Heringe
genitive eines des Heringes, Herings der Heringe
dative einem dem Hering, Heringe1 den Heringen
accusative einen den Hering die Heringe

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

  • → Estonian: heeringas
  • → Hungarian: hering
  • → Macedonian: харинга (haringa)
  • → Romanian: hering
  • → Serbo-Croatian: haringa

Further reading

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