Zink

See also: zink

German

Etymology

Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”), see also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɪŋk/

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Noun

Zink n or m (genitive Zinkes or Zinks, no plural)

1. zinc

Coordinate terms

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Noun

Zink m (genitive Zinkes, plural Zinken)

1. cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siŋk/

Noun

Zink n

1. zinc

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary