Finger
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Etymology edit
English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.
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Finger
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German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vinger, Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger, Danish finger.
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Noun edit
Finger m (strong, genitive Fingers, plural Finger, diminutive Fingerchen n or Fingerlein n)
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German Low German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Finger m (plural Finger or Fingern or Fingers)
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- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar.
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Finger m (plural Finger, diminutive Fingerche)
- finger
- Sie hod lange Finger.
- She has long fingers.
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Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar. Compare German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger.
Noun edit
Finger m (plural Finger)
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Cognates include West Frisian finger and German Finger.
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Finger m (plural Fingere)
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- Tone (“toe”)