vink

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vink, from Middle Dutch vinke, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *finkiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

vink (plural vinke, diminutive vinkie)

  1. A finch.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Fringilla coelebs in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

From Middle Dutch vinke, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *finkiz.

Noun

vink f or m (plural vinken, diminutive vinkje n)

  1. The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs.
  2. One of many other birds of the family Fringillidae; a finch.
  3. A Dutch dish that consists of pork and beef mince wrapped in bacon; Short for slavink.
  4. (computing) A checkmark (often used in its diminutive form - vinkje).
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  • Afrikaans: vink

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Etymology 2

Verb

vink

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vink

  1. imperative of vinke

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from German Wink.

Noun

vink c

  1. a wave (a movement of the hand)

Declension

Declension of vink 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vink vinken vinkar vinkarna
Genitive vinks vinkens vinkars vinkarnas

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