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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Zink
- A surname.
German
Pronunciation
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)
- zinc
- Synonym: (obsolete) Zincum
- Alternative form: Zn
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Etymology 2
Probably from Zinke.
Noun
Zink m (mixed, genitive Zinks or Zinkes, plural Zinken)
- cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)
Declension
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Hunsrik
Etymology
From German Zink.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zink n
- zinc
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