See -ings in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "bare upper body; shirtlessness",
"translation": "bare upper body; shirtlessness",
"word": "barings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "dead drunk",
"translation": "dead drunk",
"word": "dritings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "great, excellent",
"translation": "great, excellent",
"word": "flottings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "fucking, damned",
"translation": "fucking, damned",
"word": "føkkings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "hundred-kroner note",
"translation": "hundred-kroner note",
"word": "hundrings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "joint smoked before going to sleep",
"translation": "joint smoked before going to sleep",
"word": "nattings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "order; arrangement",
"translation": "order; arrangement",
"word": "ordnings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "roll-your-own cigarette",
"translation": "roll-your-own cigarette",
"word": "rullings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "crisis; things going wrong",
"translation": "crisis; things going wrong",
"word": "skjærings"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "puling oneself together; improvement",
"translation": "puling oneself together; improvement",
"word": "skjerpings"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"-ing",
"-ing#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-ingr",
"-ingr#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ingi",
"-ingi#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ing",
"-ing#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ing",
"-ing#English"
],
[
"-ung",
"-ung#German"
],
[
"-ling",
"-ling#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-ning",
"-ning#Norwegian_Bokmål"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-ing"
},
"expansion": "English -ing",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-ung"
},
"expansion": "German -ung",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant and extension of -ing, from Old Norse -ingr, -ingi and -ing, used in many noun-forming functions.\nCompare English -ing, German -ung, and the related Norwegian Bokmål suffixes -ling and -ning.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ings",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ings"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "37 31 31",
"english": "action/result-forming noun suffix",
"translation": "action/result-forming noun suffix",
"word": "-ing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "35 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bar (“bare, naked”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → barings (“bare upper body; shirtlessness”)"
},
{
"text": "hundre (“hundred”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → hundrings (“hundred-kroner note”)"
},
{
"text": "skjerpe (“to sharpen; pull oneself together”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → skjerpings (“pulling oneself together; improvement”)"
},
{
"english": "It's just making out.",
"ref": "2016, chapter 5, in Skam, season 2:",
"text": "Det er bare klinings.",
"translation": "It's just making out.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form masculine nouns, often with a casual, humorous, or slang nuance."
],
"id": "en--ings-nb-suffix-njbhumKA",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form masculine nouns, often with a casual, humorous, or slang nuance."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "35 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "drit (“shit; extremely”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → dritings (“dead drunk”)"
},
{
"text": "flott (“great, excellent”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → flottings (“great, excellent”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form indeclinable adjectives."
],
"id": "en--ings-nb-suffix-Oa28qlLq",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form indeclinable adjectives."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "35 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "føkk (“fuck”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → føkkings (“fucking, damned”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form intensifying adverbs."
],
"id": "en--ings-nb-suffix-HY5DYu7c",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form intensifying adverbs."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ɪŋs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋs"
}
],
"word": "-ings"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "bare upper body; shirtlessness",
"translation": "bare upper body; shirtlessness",
"word": "barings"
},
{
"english": "dead drunk",
"translation": "dead drunk",
"word": "dritings"
},
{
"english": "great, excellent",
"translation": "great, excellent",
"word": "flottings"
},
{
"english": "fucking, damned",
"translation": "fucking, damned",
"word": "føkkings"
},
{
"english": "hundred-kroner note",
"translation": "hundred-kroner note",
"word": "hundrings"
},
{
"english": "joint smoked before going to sleep",
"translation": "joint smoked before going to sleep",
"word": "nattings"
},
{
"english": "order; arrangement",
"translation": "order; arrangement",
"word": "ordnings"
},
{
"english": "roll-your-own cigarette",
"translation": "roll-your-own cigarette",
"word": "rullings"
},
{
"english": "crisis; things going wrong",
"translation": "crisis; things going wrong",
"word": "skjærings"
},
{
"english": "puling oneself together; improvement",
"translation": "puling oneself together; improvement",
"word": "skjerpings"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"-ing",
"-ing#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-ingr",
"-ingr#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ingi",
"-ingi#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ing",
"-ing#Old_Norse"
],
[
"-ing",
"-ing#English"
],
[
"-ung",
"-ung#German"
],
[
"-ling",
"-ling#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"-ning",
"-ning#Norwegian_Bokmål"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-ing"
},
"expansion": "English -ing",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-ung"
},
"expansion": "German -ung",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant and extension of -ing, from Old Norse -ingr, -ingi and -ing, used in many noun-forming functions.\nCompare English -ing, German -ung, and the related Norwegian Bokmål suffixes -ling and -ning.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "-ings",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ings"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"english": "action/result-forming noun suffix",
"translation": "action/result-forming noun suffix",
"word": "-ing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål colloquialisms",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bar (“bare, naked”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → barings (“bare upper body; shirtlessness”)"
},
{
"text": "hundre (“hundred”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → hundrings (“hundred-kroner note”)"
},
{
"text": "skjerpe (“to sharpen; pull oneself together”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → skjerpings (“pulling oneself together; improvement”)"
},
{
"english": "It's just making out.",
"ref": "2016, chapter 5, in Skam, season 2:",
"text": "Det er bare klinings.",
"translation": "It's just making out.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form masculine nouns, often with a casual, humorous, or slang nuance."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form masculine nouns, often with a casual, humorous, or slang nuance."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål colloquialisms",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "drit (“shit; extremely”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → dritings (“dead drunk”)"
},
{
"text": "flott (“great, excellent”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → flottings (“great, excellent”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form indeclinable adjectives."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form indeclinable adjectives."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål colloquialisms",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ings"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "føkk (“fuck”) + -ings (“slang-forming suffix”) → føkkings (“fucking, damned”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form intensifying adverbs."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Used to form intensifying adverbs."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/-ɪŋs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋs"
}
],
"word": "-ings"
}
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