Ring

See also: ring and riñg

English

Proper noun

Ring

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
2. A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
3. An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.

Translations

parish in County Waterford, Ireland

• Irish: An Rinn f

Anagrams

• NGRI, girn, grin

German

Etymology

From Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, cognate with Danish ring, Dutch ring, English ring, Swedish ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɪŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Ring m (strong, genitive Ringes or Rings, plural Ringe, diminutive Ringchen n or Ringlein n)

1. a ring (a circular and hollow object, made of any material.)
2. a ring (small jewelry worn on the finger (usually composed of precious metals))
3. a ring (a group of people, often involved into criminal and illegal actions)
4. (mathematics) a ring (algebraic structure)
5. (geometry) a ring (planar geometrical figure)
6. (heraldry) an annulet (ring used as a charge)
7. (astronomy) a ring (a collection of material orbiting a planet)
8. (sports) a ring (a place where events such as wrestling and boxing take place)
9. a street that encircles a city where once the old town walls have been; a boulevard.

Declension

Declension of Ring [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ring	die	Ringe
genitive	eines	des	Ringes, Rings	der	Ringe
dative	einem	dem	Ring, Ringe1	den	Ringen
accusative	einen	den	Ring	die	Ringe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Abstandsring
• Abstreifring
• Ankerring
• Auflagering
• Augenringe
• Autobahnring
• Beißring
• Ehering
• Federring
• Messring
• Nasenring
• Ohrring
• Ringautobahn
• Schrägschulterring
• Schraubring
• Seitenring
• Südring
• Trauring
• Verlobungsring
• Wendelring

 

Derived terms

• beringt
• Ringdrossel
• Ringfinger
• Ringschaltung
• Ringschlüssel
• Ringschweißgerät
• Ringstraße
• Ringtausch
• Ringträger
• Ringzunge

 

Further reading

• “Ring” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ring” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riŋ/

Noun

Ring m (plural Ring, diminutive Ringche)

1. ring

Derived terms

• Ringfinger

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary