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Ringfinger

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See also: ringfinger, ring finger, and ring-finger

German

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Etymology

From Ring (“ring”) +‎ Finger (“finger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (strong, genitive Ringfingers, plural Ringfinger)

  1. ring finger (finger next to the little finger)
    Synonyms: (dated) Goldfinger, Herzfinger

Usage notes

  • The word refers to the fourth finger of either hand. However, it may be used especially of the finger of that hand on which a person wears their wedding ring, which is predominantly (though far from exclusively) the right hand in German-speaking Europe.

Declension

Declension of Ringfinger [masculine, strong]
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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriŋˌfiŋa/
  • Rhymes: -iŋa
  • Syllabification: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (plural Ringfinger)

  1. ring finger

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Ringfinger”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

From Ring (“ring”) +‎ Finger (“finger”). Akin to Dutch ringvinger and German Ringfinger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪŋˌfɪŋər/
  • Hyphenation: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (plural Ringfingere)

  1. ring finger

References

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

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