Ringfinger
German edit
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Etymology edit
Ring (“ring”) + Finger (“finger”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ringfinger m (strong, genitive Ringfingers, plural Ringfinger)
- ring finger (finger next to the little finger)
Usage notes edit
- The word refers to the fourth finger of either hand. However, it may be used especially of the finger of that hand on which a person wears their wedding ring, which is predominantly (though far from exclusively) the right hand in German-speaking Europe.
Declension edit
Declension of Ringfinger [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Ringfinger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ringfinger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Ringfinger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ringfinger” in Duden online
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ringfinger m (plural Ringfinger)
Further reading edit
Saterland Frisian edit
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Etymology edit
From Ring (“ring”) + Finger (“finger”). Akin to Dutch ringvinger and German Ringfinger.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ringfinger m (plural Ringfingere)
References edit
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Ringfinger”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN