Fink

See also: fink

English

Proper noun

Fink (plural Finks)

1. A surname.

See also

• Finke

 

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinke, from Old High German finco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

• Audio

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Noun

Fink m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Finken or (colloquial) Finks, plural Finken)

1. finch
2. (student slang) student not belonging to a fraternity

   Antonyms: Fuchs, Fux, Bursch

Usage notes

The word may have weak or mixed declension; colloquially it is almost exclusively strong.

Declension

Declension of Fink [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fink	die	Finken
genitive	eines	des	Finken1, Finks2	der	Finken
dative	einem	dem	Finken1, Fink2	den	Finken
accusative	einen	den	Finken1, Fink2	die	Finken

¹Standard.
²Colloquial.

Descendants

• → Estonian: vint

Proper noun

Fink m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Finks or (with an article) Fink, feminine genitive Fink, plural Finks)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Fink [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Fink	(eine)	(die)	Fink	(die)	Finks
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Finks, Fink1	(einer)	(der)	Fink	(der)	Finks
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Fink	(einer)	(der)	Fink	(den)	Finks
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Fink	(eine)	(die)	Fink	(die)	Finks

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Fink” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German finco. Compare German Fink, Dutch vink, English finch.

Noun

Fink m (plural Finke)

1. finch

Saterland Frisian

n Fink.

Etymology

From Old Frisian *fink, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz. Cognates include West Frisian fink and English finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/
• Hyphenation: Fink
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

Fink m (plural Finke)

1. finch

Synonyms

• Lüüntje

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Fink”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN