vinger

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfəŋ.ər/
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Noun

vinger (plural vingers)

  1. finger

Derived terms

Danish

Noun

vinger c

  1. indefinite plural of vinge

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Noun

vinger m (plural vingers or vingeren, diminutive vingertje n)

  1. finger
    Synonym: (plural only) fikken
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vinger
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
  • Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
  • →? Aukan: finga
  • →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
  • →? Sranan Tongo: finga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vinger

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Noun

vinger m

  1. finger
  2. finger, digit (a unit of measure)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

vinger

  1. Alternative form of fynger

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

Noun

vinger m

  1. finger

Declension

Declension of vinger (masculine, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër vinger die vingere
genitive eines dës vingeres dër vingere
dative einem dëm vingere dën vingeren
accusative einen dën vinger die vingere

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinger m

  1. indefinite plural of vinge

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.

Pronunciation

Noun

vinger

  1. finger
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:
      Lethel vinger.
      Little finger.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75
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