See also: Ringen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪŋə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən
  • Hyphenation: rin‧gen

Etymology 1

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Noun

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ringen

  1. plural of ring

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ringen

  1. (transitive) to ring
    Synonyms: beringen, klinken, aanbellen
Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: ring

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ringen, from Old High German ringan, from Proto-West Germanic *wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną. Cognate with wringen (from Low German), English wring, and Dutch wringen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ringen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present ringt, past tense rang, past participle gerungen, past subjunctive ränge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to wrestle
  2. (intransitive) to struggle
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 100:
      Es war als rängen beständig zwei Mächte um sie, als würde sie wehrlos von ihnen hin und her gerissen.
      It was as if two powers struggled over her continuously, as if she was torn to and fro by them defenselessly.
  3. (transitive) to wring (for example “hands”; but not “clothes”, for that see wringen)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ringen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ringen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ringen” in Duden online
  • ringen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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ringen m

  1. definite singular of ring

Norwegian Nynorsk

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ringen m

  1. definite singular of ring

Swedish

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Noun

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ringen

  1. definite singular of ring

West Frisian

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Noun

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ringen

  1. plural of ring