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See also: Ding, dìng, dīng, dǐng, and dìŋ

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /di(ː)ŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”).

Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną.

Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

Noun

ding (plural dings)

  1. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
    • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:
      If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.
  2. (colloquial) A rejection.
    I just got my first ding letter.
Translations

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or (obsolete) dang, past participle dinged or (obsolete) dung)

  1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
  3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
    His top school dinged him last week.
  5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
    My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
    • 2015 August 7, Ron Lieber, “Bringing paternity leave into the mainstream [print version: Paid leave expands for fathers, but will there be any takers?, International New York Times, 10 August 2015, p. 14]”, in The New York Times‎:
      […] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave.
  6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Noun

ding (plural dings)

  1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
  2. (colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.
Translations

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past and past participle dinged)

  1. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
  2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
    • 1884, Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists:
      If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) To level up.
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Etymology 3

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

a ding with an animal mask or taotie

Alternative forms

Noun

ding (plural dings or ding)

  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
Translations

Etymology 4

From Cantonese 丁 (ding1).

Noun

ding (plural dings)

  1. (Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Noun

ding (plural dings)

  1. (Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ding, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Pronunciation

Noun

ding (plural dinge)

  1. thing
    • 2016, “Dinge Raak Warm”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:
      Dinge raak warm, warm.
      Things are getting hot, hot.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing (“appointment; meeting; matter”). Cognate with German Ding, English thing.

Noun

ding n (plural dingar, diminutive dingale)

  1. (Sette Comuni) thing, object

Usage notes

Most often used in the diminutive.

Declension

Declension of ding – 3rd declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an 's ding de dingar
accusative an 's ding de dingar
dative aname me dinge in dingarn

References

  • “ding” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dinc, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

ding n (plural dingen, diminutive dingetje n)

  1. matter, thing
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: ding
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dinggi
  • Jersey Dutch: däng

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ding

  1. inflection of dingen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Irish

ding

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ding (“wedge”). See Etymology 2 below.

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

  1. wedge
  2. thickset person
Declension
Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ding dingeacha
Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha
Genitive dinge dingeacha
Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ding na dingeacha
Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha
Dative leis an ding

don ding

leis na dingeacha
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dingid (“press, force”), from Proto-Celtic *dingeti (“knead, form, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti, nasal infix present of *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form”).

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe) (transitive)

  1. wedge; pack tightly, stuff
  2. make compact; knit, knead
Conjugation
conjugation of ding (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dingim dingeann tú;
dingir† 		dingeann sé, sí dingimid dingeann sibh dingeann siad;
dingid† 		a dhingeann; a dhingeas /
a ndingeann*; a ndingeas* 		dingtear
past dhing mé; dhingeas dhing tú; dhingis dhing sé, sí dhingeamar; dhing muid dhing sibh; dhingeabhair dhing siad; dhingeadar a dhing /
ar dhing* 		dingeadh
past habitual dhinginn / ndinginn‡‡ dhingteá / ndingteᇇ dhingeadh sé, sí / ndingeadh sé, s퇇 dhingimis; dhingeadh muid / ndingimis‡‡; ndingeadh muid‡‡ dhingeadh sibh / ndingeadh sibh‡‡ dhingidís; dhingeadh siad / ndingidís‡‡; ndingeadh siad‡‡ a dhingeadh /
a ndingeadh* 		dhingtí / ndingt퇇
future dingfidh mé;
dingfead 		dingfidh tú;
dingfir† 		dingfidh sé, sí dingfimid;
dingfidh muid 		dingfidh sibh dingfidh siad;
dingfid† 		a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas /
a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas* 		dingfear
conditional dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡ dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇 dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡ dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡ dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡ a dhingfeadh /
a ndingfeadh* 		dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive present go ndinge mé;
go ndingead† 		go ndinge tú;
go ndingir† 		go ndinge sé, sí go ndingimid;
go ndinge muid 		go ndinge sibh go ndinge siad;
go ndingid† 		— go ndingtear
past dá ndinginn dá ndingteá dá ndingeadh sé, sí dá ndingimis;
dá ndingeadh muid 		dá ndingeadh sibh dá ndingidís;
dá ndingeadh siad 		— dá ndingtí
imperative dingim ding dingeadh sé, sí dingimis dingigí;
dingidh† 		dingidís — dingtear
verbal noun dingeadh
past participle dingthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • dingire m (“wedging implement; light hammer”)
Related terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

  1. dint
Declension
Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ding dingeacha
Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha
Genitive dinge dingeacha
Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ding na dingeacha
Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha
Dative leis an ding

don ding

leis na dingeacha

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

  1. (transitive) dint
Conjugation
conjugation of ding (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dingim dingeann tú;
dingir† 		dingeann sé, sí dingimid dingeann sibh dingeann siad;
dingid† 		a dhingeann; a dhingeas /
a ndingeann*; a ndingeas* 		dingtear
past dhing mé; dhingeas dhing tú; dhingis dhing sé, sí dhingeamar; dhing muid dhing sibh; dhingeabhair dhing siad; dhingeadar a dhing /
ar dhing* 		dingeadh
past habitual dhinginn / ndinginn‡‡ dhingteá / ndingteᇇ dhingeadh sé, sí / ndingeadh sé, s퇇 dhingimis; dhingeadh muid / ndingimis‡‡; ndingeadh muid‡‡ dhingeadh sibh / ndingeadh sibh‡‡ dhingidís; dhingeadh siad / ndingidís‡‡; ndingeadh siad‡‡ a dhingeadh /
a ndingeadh* 		dhingtí / ndingt퇇
future dingfidh mé;
dingfead 		dingfidh tú;
dingfir† 		dingfidh sé, sí dingfimid;
dingfidh muid 		dingfidh sibh dingfidh siad;
dingfid† 		a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas /
a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas* 		dingfear
conditional dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡ dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇 dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡ dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡ dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡ a dhingfeadh /
a ndingfeadh* 		dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive present go ndinge mé;
go ndingead† 		go ndinge tú;
go ndingir† 		go ndinge sé, sí go ndingimid;
go ndinge muid 		go ndinge sibh go ndinge siad;
go ndingid† 		— go ndingtear
past dá ndinginn dá ndingteá dá ndingeadh sé, sí dá ndingimis;
dá ndingeadh muid 		dá ndingeadh sibh dá ndingidís;
dá ndingeadh siad 		— dá ndingtí
imperative dingim ding dingeadh sé, sí dingimis dingigí;
dingidh† 		dingidís — dingtear
verbal noun dingeadh
past participle dingthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ding dhing nding
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 釘 (MC teng).

Noun

ding 

  1. nail

Mandarin

Romanization

ding

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dīng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dǐng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dìng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

ding

  1. Alternative form of dingen

Etymology 2

Adjective

ding

  1. Alternative form of digne

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þing.

Noun

ding n

  1. thing, object
  2. matter, case

Declension

Declension of ding (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative ding ding
accusative ding ding
genitive dinges dingo
dative dinge dingum
instrumental dingu —

Descendants

Scots

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse dengja (“to beat, thrash”). Cognate with Swedish dänga, Danish dænge.

Pronunciation

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dingin, simple past dang, past participle dung)

  1. to beat, hit, strike
    • Traditional, “Jock o Braidislee”:
      An he's awa tae the greenwood gane / Tae ding the dun deer doon.
      And he's away to the greenwood gone / To strike the dun deer down.
  2. to beat, excel, defeat
  3. to dash, demolish, tear down
    • 1960, “Freedom Come-All-Ye”‎performed by Hamish Henderson:
      An the black lad frae yont Nyanga dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun
      And the black lad from beyond Nyanga tears the foul gallows of the burghers down.

Swedish

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani dinalo, dingalo (“crazy”), from Romani dinelo (“stupid, crazy”). Related to Sanskrit दीन (dīna, “weak”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ding (comparative mer ding, superlative mest ding)

  1. (colloquial) mad, crazy

Usage notes

  • The neuter form is usually avoided, compare rädd.

Declension

Inflection of ding
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ding mer ding mest ding
Neuter singular dingt mer dingt mest dingt
Plural dinga mer dinga mest dinga
Masculine plural3 dinge mer dinga mest dinga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dinge mer dinge mest dinge
All dinga mer dinga mest dinga
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

  • ding in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Gerd Carling (2005) “ding”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 78

Anagrams

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Ding, Dutch ding and German Ding.

Pronunciation

Noun

ding c (plural dingen)

  1. thing

References

  • “ding (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 丁 (MC teng).

Pronunciation

Noun

ding (Sawndip form 丁, 1957–1982 spelling diŋ)

  1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems

See also

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