Zink

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English

Etymology

Proper noun

Zink

  1. A surname.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsɪŋk/
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Etymology 1

Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”).

Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).

Noun

Zink n (strong, genitive Zinkes or Zinks, no plural)

  1. zinc
    Synonym: (obsolete) Zincum
    Alternative form: Zn
Declension
Declension of Zink
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Zink
genitive eines des Zinkes, Zinks
dative einem dem Zink, Zinke1
accusative ein das Zink

1Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Zinke.

Noun

Zink m (mixed, genitive Zinks or Zinkes, plural Zinken)

  1. cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)
Declension
Declension of Zink
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zink die Zinken
genitive eines des Zinks, Zinkes der Zinken
dative einem dem Zink, Zinke1 den Zinken
accusative einen den Zink die Zinken

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Hunsrik

Etymology

From German Zink.

Pronunciation

Noun

Zink n

  1. zinc

Further reading

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