ginge

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Adjective

ginge (comparative more ginge, superlative most ginge)

1. (slang, derogatory) ginger, red-haired

Noun

ginge (plural ginges)

1. (slang, derogatory) A red-haired person.
   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     “Listen, Ginge,” continued the bully. “We don’t want you in our bogs. You hear? Puttin’ off all the customers by talking to yerself like some nutter…”

Anagrams

• geg in

Dutch

Verb

ginge

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of gaan

German

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Verb

ginge

1. first/third-person singular preterite subjunctive of gehen

Middle English

Adjective

ginge

1. Alternative form of yong

Swedish

Verb

ginge

1. (dated) past subjunctive of gå
   • 1669-1670, Lasse Lucidor, Skulle jag sörja, då vore jag tokot

     Skulle jag sörja, då wore Jag tokot,
     fast än thet ginge mig aldrig så slätt […]

     Were I to mourn, I'd be mad,
     although it never would go so smoothly for me […]

   • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, chapter 26, in Nils Holgerssons underbara resa:

     En mängd forsar och fall finns där nog, så att det ginge an att bygga hur många kvarnar som helst

     There are probably enough rapids and falls there, that it'd be possible to build as many mills as one might want.

   • 1917 translation, the Bible, 1 Corinthians, 11:31

     Om vi ginge till doms med oss själva, så bleve vi icke dömda.

     For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.