Zink
See also: zink
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a German surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”).
- As a surname derived from various Romance languages, from Jacinctus, derived from the saint's name Hyacinthus. Comparable to Spanish Jacinto, Italian Giacinto.
Proper noun edit
Zink
- A surname.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”).
Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).
Noun edit
Zink n (strong, genitive Zinkes or Zinks, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Zink [sg-only, neuter, strong]
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Zinke.
Noun edit
Zink m (mixed, genitive Zinks or Zinkes, plural Zinken)
- cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)
Declension edit
Declension of Zink [masculine, mixed]
Further reading edit
- Zink on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Zink” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zink (Metall, Element)” in Duden online
- “Zink (Blasinstrument)” in Duden online
- “Zink” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Hunsrik edit
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Noun edit
Zink n