ringe

See also: Ringe

English

Etymology

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Noun

ringe (plural ringes)

1. A whisk made of heather.

Anagrams

• Negri, reign, Niger, re-nig, Reign, renig, Grine, Reing, Grein, nigre, niger

Afrikaans

Noun

ringe

1. plural of ring

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ringe, from Old Saxon (gi)ringi (“light”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *reng-ja, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”), Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”).

Verb

ringe (imperative ring, infinitive at ringe, present tense ringer, past tense ringede, perfect tense har ringet)

1. To call, to telephone

Conjugation

Conjugation of ringe

active passive present ringer ringes past ringede ringedes infinitive ringe ringes imperative ring — participle present ringende past ringet (auxiliary verb have) gerund ringen

Noun

ringe c

1. indefinite plural of ring

Adjective

ringe

1. of (rather) limited size, quantity or extent etc.
   • Synonym: lille Antonym: stor
2. of limited or insufficient value, quality, effect or importance etc.
   • Synonym: dårlig Antonym: god

Inflection

Inflection of ringe

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	ringe	ringere	ringest2
indefinite neuter singular	ringe	ringere	ringest2
plural	ringe	ringere	ringest2
definite attributive1	ringe	ringere	ringeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

• beskeden

References

• “ringe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Noun

ringe

1. partitive plural of ring

   Synonym: ringisid

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

ringe

1. inflection of ringen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Verb

ringe

1. alternative form of ryngen (“to resound”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hringja.

Verb

ringe (imperative ring, present tense ringer, simple past ringte, past participle ringt, present participle ringende)

1. to ring (e.g. bell, telephone)
2. to phone (someone); call or ring (telephone someone)

Verb

ringe (imperative ring, present tense ringer, simple past and past participle ringa or ringet, present participle ringende)

1. to ring (put a ring on, e.g. an animal or a bird)
2. to ring, encircle, surround (something)
3. (reflexive) to form a ring, curl up

Derived terms

• utringning

References

• “ringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ringe (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)

1. alternative form of ringja

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

ringe

1. to struggle
2. to cobble together (e.g. money)

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Swedish

Adjective

ringe

1. definite natural masculine singular of ringa

Anagrams

• Inger, Niger, inger, niger, regin