þing

See also: ying, thing, Thing, yíng, yìng, yīng, and yǐng

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”), in turn from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cognate with Faroese ting, Norwegian ting, Swedish ting, and Danish ting, English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding, and an unattested Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌲𐌲 (*þigg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiŋk/
• Rhymes: -iŋk

Noun

þing n (genitive singular þings, nominative plural þing)

1. assembly, meeting, council
2. parliament

Declension

declension of þing

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þing	þingið	þing	þingin
accusative	þing	þingið	þing	þingin
dative	þingi	þinginu	þingum	þingunum
genitive	þings	þingsins	þinga	þinganna

Derived terms

• allsherjarþing (“General Assembly”)
• Alþingi
• fjarþinghald (“teleconferencing”)
• rafrænt þinghald (“electronic conferencing”)
• símaþinghald (“teleconferencing”)
• sýndarþinghald (“virtual conferencing, virtual conference”)
• tölvuþinghald (“computer conferencing”)
• þinga
• þinghald (“conferencing”)
• þingmaður

 

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Old Danish

Alternative forms

• thing (Jutland)

Etymology

From Old Norse þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

þing n (genitive þings, plural þing)

1. (Scania) assembly, council
   • c. 1210 "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.

     […] þa fari brytin til tuiggia þinga […]

     […] then the bailiff must attend two assemblies […]

Declension

Declension of þing (Scanian system)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þing	þingit	þing	þingin
accusative	þing	þingit	þing	þingin
dative	þingi	þinginu	þingum	þingunum
genitive	þings	þingsins	þinga	þinganna
The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants

• Danish: ting

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Old English

Alternative forms

• þinċġ, þingc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cognate with Old Frisian thing (West Frisian ding), Old Saxon thing, þing (Low German Ding), Old Dutch thing (Dutch ding), Old High German ding (“assembly, council”) (German Ding (“matter, thing”)), Old Norse þing (“assembly, council, business”) (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish ting). It may go back to an Indo-European root *ten- (“stretch, pull, span”), the source of Old Irish tan (“time”), Latin tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θinɡ/, [θiŋɡ]

Noun

þing n (nominative plural þing)

1. event, meeting, court
2. matter, concern
3. thing, object

Declension

Declension of þing (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þing	þing
accusative	þing	þing
genitive	þinges	þinga
dative	þinge	þingum

Descendants

• Middle English: thing
  • English: thing
  • Scots: thing, ting, hing
  • Yola: dhing

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪŋɡ/

Noun

þing n (genitive þings, plural þing)

1. thing, a regional parliament of nearby clans, traditionally headed by an elected jarl
2. a multi-regional parliament, with representatives from several þing

Declension

  Declension of þing (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þing	þingit	þing	þingin
accusative	þing	þingit	þing	þingin
dative	þingi	þinginu	þingum	þingunum
genitive	þings	þingsins	þinga	þinganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þing
• Faroese: ting
• Norn: ting
• Norwegian: ting
• Old Swedish: þing
  • Swedish: ting
• Old Danish: þing, thing (Jutland)
  • Danish: ting
• Gutnish: tingg
• → German: Thing