Fink

See also: fink

English

Proper noun

Fink (plural Finks)

  1. A surname.

See also

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinke, from Old High German finco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪŋk/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Fink m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Finken or (colloquial) Finks, plural Finken)

  1. finch
  2. (student slang) student not belonging to a fraternity
    Antonyms: Fuchs, Fux, Bursch

Usage notes

The word may have weak or mixed declension; colloquially it is almost exclusively strong.

Declension
Declension of Fink [masculine, weak // mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fink die Finken
genitive eines des Finken1, Finks2 der Finken
dative einem dem Finken1, Fink2 den Finken
accusative einen den Finken1, Fink2 die Finken

1Standard.
2Colloquial.

Descendants
  • → Estonian: vint

Proper noun

Fink m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Finks or (with an article) Fink, feminine genitive Fink, plural Finks)

  1. a surname

Declension
Declension of Fink [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Fink (eine) (die) Fink (die) Finks
genitive (eines) (des) Finks, Fink1 (einer) (der) Fink (der) Finks
dative (einem) (dem) Fink (einer) (der) Fink (den) Finks
accusative (einen) (den) Fink (eine) (die) Fink (die) Finks

1With an article.

Further reading
  • “Fink” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German finco. Compare German Fink, Dutch vink, English finch.

Noun

Fink m (plural Finke)

  1. finch

Saterland Frisian
n Fink.

Etymology

From Old Frisian *fink, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz. Cognates include West Frisian fink and English finch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪŋk/
  • Hyphenation: Fink
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

Fink m (plural Finke)

  1. finch

Synonyms

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