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English
Etymology
From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang.
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Noun
ingang (plural ingangs)
- (archaic, rare) An entrance or entryway.
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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German inganc, from Old High German ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with German Eingang, English ingang.
Noun
ingang m
- (Sette Comuni) entry, entrance
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Further reading
- “ingang” 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
Etymology
From Middle Dutch inganc, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, ultimately from *ǵʰengʰ-. Equivalent to in (“in”) + gang (“passageway, hallway”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɣɑŋ/
- Hyphenation: in‧gang
Noun
ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)
- entrance
- Antonym: uitgang
- De ingang van het gebouw is aan de zijkant. ― The entrance to the building is on the side.
- Sorry, ik kan de ingang van het hotel niet vinden. ― Sorry, I can't find the entrance to the hotel.
- De ingang is versierd met bloemen voor het festival. ― The entrance is decorated with flowers for the festival.
- (electronics) input
- Antonym: uitgang
- De TV heeft verschillende ingangen voor HDMI en USB. ― The TV has multiple inputs for HDMI and USB.
- Controleer de ingang voordat je het apparaat aansluit. ― Check the input before connecting the device.
- De audio-ingang lijkt niet te werken. ― The audio input doesn't seem to be working.
- entry, lemma (in a dictionary)
- Ik kon het woord niet vinden, maar later ontdekte ik dat ik de verkeerde ingang had gecheckt. ― I couldn't find the word, but later discovered I had checked the wrong entry.
- De ingangen in dit woordenboek zijn alfabetisch geordend. ― The entries in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically.
- Het is belangrijk om de juiste ingang te gebruiken als je een woord opzoekt. ― It's important to use the correct lemma when looking up a word.
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”), from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang).
Noun
ingang (plural ingangs)
- an entry, entrance
- permission granted for entry, admission
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ingong, Old Saxon ingang, Old Dutch *ingang, Old High German ingang, Old Norse inngangr. Equivalent to in- + gang.
Pronunciation
Noun
ingang m
- entrance (place of entry or act of entering)
- permission to enter: access, admission
- a beginning, first step
Declension
Declension of ingang (strong a-stem)
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