kring

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch kring, from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
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Noun

kring m (plural kringen, diminutive kringetje n)

  1. circle; round figure
    Kinderen, ga in een kring staan!
    Children, form a circle!
  2. circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest)
    Dit is in deze kringen ongebruikelijk.
    This is unusual in these circles.
  3. a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass
  4. (chiefly Belgium) the student organization of a university faculty

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: rink
  • → Indonesian: kring
  • → Indonesian: lingkungan (semantic loan)
  • → Papiamentu: kren

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of bell.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kring (“circle”), from Middle Dutch kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Noun

kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

  1. (Catholicism) subdivision of a parish.
    Synonym: lingkungan

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kreng (Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse kringr.

Pronunciation

Preposition

kring

  1. around

Synonyms

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kringr, originally "turn or go about in circles," from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kring

  1. around, about; same as omkring

Preposition

kring

  1. around

Synonyms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾiŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: kring

Interjection

kring (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of kring-kring

Further reading

  • “kring”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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