kring
See also: Kring
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch kring, from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.
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Noun edit
kring m (plural kringen, diminutive kringetje n)
- circle; round figure
- Kinderen, ga in een kring staan!
- Children, form a circle!
- circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest)
- Dit is in deze kringen ongebruikelijk.
- This is unusual in these circles.
- a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass
- (chiefly Belgium) the student organization of a university faculty
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Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: rink
- → Indonesian: kring
- → Indonesian: lingkungan (semantic loan)
- → Papiamentu: kren
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)
- (onomatopoeia) sound of bell.
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch kring (“circle”), from Middle Dutch kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.
Noun edit
kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)
- (Catholicism) subdivision of a parish.
- Synonym: lingkungan
Further reading edit
- “kring” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- kreng (Trøndelag dialect)
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Preposition edit
kring
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References edit
- “kring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kringr, originally "turn or go about in circles," from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.
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Audio (file)
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kring
Preposition edit
kring
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Tagalog edit
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Interjection edit
kring (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)
- Alternative form of kring-kring
Further reading edit
- “kring”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018