Ringfinger
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German
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Etymology
Ring (“ring”) + Finger (“finger”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Ringfinger m (strong, genitive Ringfingers, plural Ringfinger)
- ring finger (finger next to the little finger)
Usage notes
- The word refers to the fourth finger of either hand. However, it may be used especially of the finger of that hand on which a person wears their wedding ring, which is predominantly (though far from exclusively) the right hand in German-speaking Europe.
Declension
Declension of Ringfinger
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- “Ringfinger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ringfinger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Ringfinger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ringfinger” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Ringfinger m (plural Ringfinger)
Further reading
Saterland Frisian
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Etymology
From Ring (“ring”) + Finger (“finger”). Akin to Dutch ringvinger and German Ringfinger.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ringfinger m (plural Ringfingere)
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Ringfinger”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN