"Ding" meaning in German

See Ding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪŋ/, /dɪŋk/ Audio: De-Ding.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Low German ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Danish ting. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|ding}} Middle High German ding, {{inh|de|goh|thing}} Old High German thing, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*þing}} Proto-West Germanic *þing, {{cog|nds|ding}} Low German ding, {{cog|nl|ding}} Dutch ding, {{cog|en|thing}} English thing, {{cog|da|ting}} Danish ting Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,e:er|dim=lein}} Ding n (strong, genitive Dinges or Dings, plural Dinge or Dinger, diminutive Dinglein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,e:er}} Forms: Dinges [genitive], Dings [genitive], Dinge [plural], Dinger [plural], Dinglein [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Ding [nominative, singular], Dinge [definite, nominative, plural], Dinger [definite, nominative, plural], Dinges [genitive, singular], Dings [genitive, singular], Dinge [definite, genitive, plural], Dinger [definite, genitive, plural], Ding [dative, singular], Dinge [dative, singular], Dingen [dative, definite, plural], Dingern [dative, definite, plural], Ding [accusative, singular], Dinge [accusative, definite, plural], Dinger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. thing Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ding-de-noun-XelNaRrj
  2. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Ding-de-noun-R5YAZp4Q
  3. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council) Tags: dated, neuter, strong Synonyms: Thing Derived forms: dinglich, Dings, Dingens, Dingsbums, Dingsda, Dingenskirchen (alt: placeholder nouns used like English thingy and whatshisname), Unding Related terms: Sache, Zeug, Gegenstand
    Sense id: en-Ding-de-noun-uroVcFj1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 88

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Ding meaning in German (4.5kB)

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