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): /ˈfə.ŋər/

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Noun

vinger (plural vingers)

1. finger

Derived terms

• wysvinger

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Danish

Noun

vinger c

1. indefinite plural of vinge

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪŋər/

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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
• ringvinger
• 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. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vingeren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vingeren

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

vinger m

1. finger
2. finger, digit (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

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Middle English

Noun

vinger

1. Alternative form of fynger

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinger m

1. indefinite plural of vinge

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Yola

Etymology

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

Noun

vinger

1. 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