Ding
English
Etymology 1
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).
Proper noun
Ding
- (historical) A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.
- (historical) A county of Republican China in Hebei Province.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳/陈 (Dĭng).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Ding
- A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.
Translations
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Low German ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Danish ting.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ding n (strong, genitive Dinges or Dings, plural Dinge or Dinger, diminutive Dinglein n)
- thing
- Was ist das für ein Ding? ― What is that thing?
- (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person)
- (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)
- Synonym: Thing
Usage notes
- The plural Dinge means things in general, or different kinds of things:
- Werte sind wichtiger als Dinge. ― Values are more important than things.
- Nahrung, Kleidung und Wohnung sind Dinge, die jeder braucht.
- Food, clothes and a home are things that everyone needs.
- The plural Dinger means several items of one sort of thing:
- Was sind das hier für kleine rote Dinger? ― What are these little red things?
- In formal style, this sense is preferably covered by Gegenstände rather than Dinger. The plural Dinger is also used for the sense “young person”.
Declension
Derived terms
- dinglich
- Dings, Dingens, Dingsbums, Dingsda, Dingenskirchen (placeholder nouns used like English thingy and whatshisname)
- Unding
See also
Further reading
- “Ding” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ding (Gegenstand, Vorgang)” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Rhine Franconian [Term?], from Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare German Ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Swedish ting.
Noun
Ding n (plural Dinge)
Derived terms
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Cognates include West Frisian ding, Dutch ding and German Ding.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ding n (plural Dingere)
References
- English terms derived from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Chinese
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms borrowed from Mandarin
- English terms borrowed from Eastern Min
- English terms derived from Eastern Min
- English surnames
- English surnames from Mandarin
- English surnames from Eastern Min
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German terms with usage examples
- German dated terms
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Rhine Franconian
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Rhine Franconian
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German neuter nouns
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/ɪŋ
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/ɪŋ/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian neuter nouns