Finger

See also: finger

English

Etymology

English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.

Proper noun

Finger

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Tennessee.

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger, Danish finger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪŋɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
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Noun

Finger m (strong, genitive Fingers, plural Finger, diminutive Fingerchen n or Fingerlein n)

  1. finger

Declension
Declension of Finger [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Finger die Finger
genitive eines des Fingers der Finger
dative einem dem Finger den Fingern
accusative einen den Finger die Finger

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Finger” in Duden online
  • “Finger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fingar.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger or Fingern or Fingers)

  1. finger (of the hand)

Derived terms
  • Fingerafdruck
  • Fingerbrede
  • Fingerbreed
  • Fingerledd
  • Fingerlidd
  • Fingernagel
  • Fingerpick
  • Fingerring
  • Fingerspitz
  • Fingerümfang
  • lütt Finger
  • lüttje Finger
  • Middelfinger
  • Ringfinger
  • Wiesfinger

See also

References
  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiŋɐ/

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger, diminutive Fingerche)

  1. finger
    Sie hod lange Finger.
    She has long fingers.

Further reading

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪŋɐ̯/

Noun

Finger c (plural Fingern)

  1. (Sylt) finger (anatomy)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar. Compare German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger)

  1. finger

Saterland Frisian
n Finger.

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Cognates include West Frisian finger and German Finger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪŋər/
  • Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋər

Noun

Finger m (plural Fingere)

  1. finger

Coordinate terms

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Finger”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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