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Etymology

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From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfəŋ.ər/
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Noun

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vinger (plural vingers)

  1. finger

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Danish

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Noun

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vinger c

  1. indefinite plural of vinge

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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vinger m (plural vingers or vingeren, diminutive vingertje n)

  1. finger
    Synonym: (plural only) fikken
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: vinger
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
  • Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
  • ? Aukan: finga
  • ? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
  • ? Sranan Tongo: finga

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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vinger m

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

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Middle English

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Noun

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vinger

  1. Alternative form of fynger

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

Noun

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vinger m

  1. finger

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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vinger m

  1. indefinite plural of vinge

Yola

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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vinger

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

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  • 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