Finger

See also: finger

English

Etymology

English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.

Proper noun

Finger

1. A surname.
2. A city in Tennessee.

Derived terms

• fingerite

Anagrams

• fringe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger, Danish finger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: Fin‧ger

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Noun

Finger m (strong, genitive Fingers, plural Finger, diminutive Fingerchen n or Fingerlein n)

1. finger

Declension

Declension of Finger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Finger	die	Finger
genitive	eines	des	Fingers	der	Finger
dative	einem	dem	Finger	den	Fingern
accusative	einen	den	Finger	die	Finger

Derived terms

• -fingerig
• fingern
• -fingrig
• Goldfinger
• kleiner Finger
• Langfinger
• Mittelfinger
• Ringfinger
• um den Finger wickeln
• um den kleinen Finger wickeln
• Zeigefinger

 

Related terms

• Fingerabdruck
• fingerfertig
• Fingerhandschuh
• Fingernagel
• Fingerring
• Fingerschale
• Fingerschmied
• Fingerspitze
• Fingersprache
• Fingerzeig

 

Further reading

• “Finger” in Duden online
• “Finger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fingar.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger or Fingern or Fingers)

1. finger (of the hand)

Derived terms

• Fingerafdruck
• Fingerbrede
• Fingerbreed
• Fingerledd
• Fingerlidd
• Fingernagel
• Fingerpick
• Fingerring
• Fingerspitz
• Fingerümfang
• lütt Finger
• lüttje Finger
• Middelfinger
• Ringfinger
• Wiesfinger

 

See also

• Been
• Dumen
• Duum
• Foot
• Hand
• Kopp
• Kupp
• Lief
• Tehn
• Teuhn
• Tohn
• Töhn

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiŋɐ/

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger, diminutive Fingerche)

1. finger

   Sie hod lange Finger.

   She has long fingers.

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Finger”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• fanger (Föhr-Amrum)
• fainger (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪŋɐ]

Noun

Finger m (plural Fingern)

1. (Sylt) finger (anatomy)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar. Compare German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger.

Noun

Finger m (plural Finger)

1. finger

Saterland Frisian

n Finger.

Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Cognates include West Frisian finger and German Finger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋər/
• Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɪŋər

Noun

Finger m (plural Fingere)

1. finger

Coordinate terms

• Tone (“toe”)

References

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