reņģe

See also: réngé, rëngë, and reņģē

Latvian

Reņģe

Reņģes

Etymology

Apparently borrowed from Old Frisian hareng (“herring”) (itself maybe from here (“swarm, school of fish”), i.e. originally “school of fish” > “fish that swims in schools”), with loss of the initial syllable (*hareng > *renge > reņģe). This loanword is already found in 16th-century family names, and later in 17th-century dictionaries.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾɛ̄ɲɟɛ]

Noun

reņģe f (5th declension)

1. herring (many fish species of the family Clupeidae, especially Clupea harengus membras, which is about 25 centimeters long, with a bluish green back and silvery sides)

   žāvēta reņģe — dried, smoked herring

   reņģes tomātu mērcē ― herrings in tomato sauce

   veikalā viņš bija ieraudzījis un nopircis svaigas reņģes ― in the store he had found and bought fresh herring

Declension

Declension of reņģe (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	reņģe	reņģes
genitive	reņģes	reņģu
dative	reņģei	reņģēm
accusative	reņģi	reņģes
instrumental	reņģi	reņģēm
locative	reņģē	reņģēs
vocative	reņģe	reņģes

See also

• siļķe f
• strimala f