vinger
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): /ˈfə.ŋər/
Audio (file)
Noun
vinger (plural vingers)
- finger
Derived terms
- wysvinger
Danish
Noun
vinger c
- indefinite plural of vinge
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪŋər/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: vin‧ger
- Rhymes: -ɪŋər
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)
- finger
- Synonym: (plural only) fikken
Derived terms
- middelvinger
- ringvinger
- vingerafdruk
- vingeren
- vingerhandschoen
- vingerhoed
- vingernagel
- vingervlug
- wijsvinger
- worstenvinger
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vinger
- Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
- Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
- →? Aukan: finga
- →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
- →? Sranan Tongo: finga
- → Saramaccan: fingá
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vinger
- first-person singular present indicative of vingeren
- imperative of vingeren
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.
Noun
vinger m
- finger
- finger, digit (unit of measure)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: vinger
- Afrikaans: vinger
- Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
- Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
- →? Aukan: finga
- →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
- →? Sranan Tongo: finga
- → Saramaccan: fingá
- Limburgish: vinger, vènger
Further reading
- “vingher”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vinger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
vinger
- Alternative form of fynger
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vinger m
- indefinite plural of vinge
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.
Noun
vinger
- finger
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 75