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): /ˈfəŋ.ər/

• Audio:

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Noun

vinger (plural vingers)

1. finger

Derived terms

• wysvinger

Danish

Noun

vinger c

1. indefinite plural of vinge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪŋər/

• Audio:

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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

• lange vinger
• met twee vingers in de neus
• middelvinger
• nattevingerwerk
• op de vingers tikken
• ringvinger
• vijfvingerkruid
• vingerafdruk
• vingerdier
• vingeren
• vingerhandschoen
• vingerhoed
• vingernagel
• vingervlug
• wijsvinger
• worstenvinger

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vinger
• Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
• Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
• →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vinger

1. inflection of vingeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

vinger m

1. finger
2. finger, digit (a unit of measure)

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vinger	vingere, vingers
accusative	vinger	vingere, vingers
genitive	vingers	vingere
dative	vingere	vingeren

Descendants

• Dutch: vinger
  • Afrikaans: vinger
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
  • Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
  • →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
• 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

Middle English

Noun

vinger

1. alternative form of fynger

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fingar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvinɡər/, /ˈfinɡər/

Noun

vinger m

1. finger

Declension

Declension of vinger (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	vinger	die	vinger, vingere
genitive	eines	dës	vingers, vingeres	dër	vinger, vingere
dative	eime	dëm	vinger, vingere	dën	vingern, vingeren
accusative	einen	dën	vinger	die	vinger, vingere

Descendants

• Alemannic German:
  • Swabian: Fengr
• Bavarian: Finga
  • Cimbrian: vingar, bingar (Mezzaselva)
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Finger
  • Luxembourgish: Fanger
• German: Finger
• Vilamovian: fyngier
• Yiddish: פֿינגער (finger)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition
• “vinger” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vinger m

1. indefinite plural of vinge

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪŋɡər/

Noun

vinger

1. finger
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:

     Lethel vinger.

     Little 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