Ding
German (Berlin)
/dɪŋ/, /dɪŋk/
noun
Definitions
- thing
- (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy young person
- (dated) Thing historic Germanic council
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ding inherited from Old High German thing inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingą (meeting, matter, appointment).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þingą
Gloss
meeting, matter, appointment
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anything English
- everything English
- husting English
- manthing English
- nonthing English
- nothing English
- plaything English
- something English
- thing English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- underthing English
- werething English
- tinka Finnish
- Unding German
- dingfest German
- dinglich German
- fest German
- ding Dutch, Flemish
- dingdag Dutch, Flemish
- dingwaarder Dutch, Flemish
- geding Dutch, Flemish
- hebbeding Dutch, Flemish
- onding Dutch, Flemish
- *þingą Proto-Germanic
- ciricþing Old English
- þing Old English
- þyncþ Old English
- thing Middle English
- thyng Middle English
- þing Old Norse
- Folketinget Danish
- biting Danish
- mellemting Danish
- ting Danish
- tingslig Danish
- löggjafarþing Icelandic
- þing Icelandic
- þingforseti Icelandic
- þingkona Icelandic
- þingmaður Icelandic
- dinc Middle Dutch
- ding Old High German
- thing Old High German
- ding Afrikaans
- dinclīch Middle High German
- ding Middle High German
- Déngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- thing Old Dutch
- ding Cimbrian
- dingale Cimbrian
- thing Old Saxon
- din Volapük
- Ding Pennsylvania German
- ting Nigerian Pidgin