Finte
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
Finte f (genitive Finte, plural Finten)
Declension edit
Declension of Finte [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Sometimes linked to Latin pingō (“to paint”), with the suggestion that the original meaning of this fish name is "mottled [fish]". If so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
Finte f (genitive Finte, plural Finten)
Declension edit
Declension of Finte [feminine]
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: fint
Further reading edit
- “Finte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache