kring

See also: Kring

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kring, from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

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Noun

kring m (plural kringen, diminutive kringetje n)

1. circle; round figure

   Kinderen, ga in een kring staan!

   Children, form a circle!

2. circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest)

   Dit is in deze kringen ongebruikelijk.

   This is unusual in these circles.

3. a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass
4. (chiefly Belgium) the student organization of a university faculty

Derived terms

• kieskring
• kringgesprek
• kringloop
• kringspier
• kringverjaardag

 

Related terms

• ring

Descendants

• Negerhollands: rink
• → Indonesian: kring
• → Indonesian: lingkungan (semantic loan)
• → Papiamentu: kren

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɪŋ/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of bell.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kring (“circle”), from Middle Dutch kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Noun

kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

1. (Catholicism) subdivision of a parish.

   Synonym: lingkungan

Further reading

• “kring” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kreng (Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

From Old Norse kringr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɪŋː/

Preposition

kring

1. around

Synonyms

• rundt
• omkring
• kringsetja

Derived terms

• kringom

References

• “kring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kringr, originally "turn or go about in circles," from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kring

1. around, about; same as omkring

Preposition

kring

1. around

Synonyms

• omkring

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiŋ/, [ˈkɾiŋ]
• Hyphenation: kring

Interjection

kring (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative form of kring-kring

Further reading

• “kring”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018