ingang

See also: Ingang and ingång

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”), from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- +‎ gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang). More at in, gang.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɡaŋ/

NounEdit

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. (archaic, rare) An entrance or entryway.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ingang.

Related termsEdit

• outgang

ReferencesEdit

• 1911, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, "ingang".
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

AnagramsEdit

• naggin

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch ingang, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. From

PronunciationEdit

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋɣɑŋ/

NounEdit

ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)

1. entrance
2. (electronics) input

AntonymsEdit

• uitgang

AnagramsEdit

• ging na, naging

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Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”), from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang).

NounEdit

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. an entry, entrance
2. permission granted for entry, admission

SynonymsEdit

• infer, infare

Related termsEdit

• outgang
• misgang

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Equivalent to in- +‎ gang.

NounEdit

ingang m (nominative plural ingangas)

1. A going in or into, ingress, entrance, doorway.
2. An entrance fee, permission to enter, access.
3. A beginning, first step.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ingang (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ingang	ingangas
accusative	ingang	ingangas
genitive	inganges	inganga
dative	ingange	ingangum

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English: ingang
  • English: ingang