Mennige
German
editAlternative forms
edit- Mennig m
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German minig, minwe m, from Old High German minio m, from Proto-West Germanic *minnjō (“cinnabar, red lead”).
Noun
editMennige f (genitive Mennige, no plural)
- red lead, lead tetroxide (a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics)
Declension
editDeclension of Mennige [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Blei(II,IV)-oxid on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Mennige” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Mennige” in Duden online
- “Mennige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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