vinger

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəŋ.ər/

• Audio:

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Noun

vinger (plural vingers)

1. finger

Derived terms

• wysvinger

Danish

Noun

vinger c

1. indefinite plural of vinge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪŋər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vin‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɪŋər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Noun

vinger m (plural vingers or vingeren, diminutive vingertje n)

1. finger

   Synonym: (plural only) fikken

Derived terms

• middelvinger
• nattevingerwerk
• op de vingers tikken
• ringvinger
• vijfvingerkruid
• vingerafdruk
• vingeren
• vingerhandschoen
• vingerhoed
• vingernagel
• vingervlug
• wijsvinger
• worstenvinger

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vinger
• Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
• Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
• →? Aukan: finga
• →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
• →? Sranan Tongo: finga
  • → Saramaccan: fingá

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vinger

1. inflection of vingeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Noun

vinger m

1. finger
2. finger, digit (a unit of measure)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vinger
  • Afrikaans: vinger
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
  • Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
  • →? Aukan: finga
  • →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
  • →? Sranan Tongo: finga
    • → Saramaccan: fingá
• Limburgish: vinger, vènger

Further reading

• “vingher”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vinger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

vinger

1. Alternative form of fynger

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

Noun

vinger m

1. finger

Declension

Declension of vinger (masculine, a-stem)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	vinger	die	vingere, vinger
genitive	eines	dës	vingeres, vingers	dër	vingere, vinger
dative	einem	dëm	vingere, vinger	dën	vingeren, vingern
accusative	einen	dën	vinger	die	vingere, vinger

Descendants

• Alemannic German:

  Swabian: Fengr

• Bavarian: Finga

  Cimbrian: vingar, bingar (Mezzaselva)

• German: Finger
• Luxembourgish: Fanger
• Vilamovian: fyngier
• Yiddish: פֿינגער (finger)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
• “vinger” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinger m

1. indefinite plural of vinge

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪŋˈɡiː/

Noun

vinger

1. finger
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:

     Lethel vinger.

     Little finger.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75