ingang
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, 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
NounEdit
ingang (plural ingangs)
- (archaic, rare) An entrance or entryway.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingang.
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ReferencesEdit
- 1911, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, "ingang".
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
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CimbrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German inganc, from Old High German ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with German Eingang, English ingang.
NounEdit
ingang m
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Further readingEdit
- “ingang” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch inganc, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, ultimately from *ǵʰengʰ-. Equivalent to in (“in”) + gang (“passageway, hallway”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)
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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)
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Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ingong, Old Saxon ingang, Old Dutch *ingang, Old High German ingang, Old Norse inngangr. Equivalent to in- + gang.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ingang m
- entrance (place of entry or act of entering)
- permission to enter: access, admission
- a beginning, first step
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (access, admission): tōgang