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Ringfinger
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ringfinger ring finger ring-finger
German
de:
Paume de main.jpeg 310 de white 18 100 179 Handfläche
de white 12 10 200 Handgelenk left
de white 12 90 70 Daumen
de white 12 200 125 Zeigefinger
de white 12 225 160 Mittelfinger
de white 12 220 205 Ringfinger
de white 12 200 245 kleiner Finger Click on labels in the image de Arm flex supinate.jpg Arm
Etymology
de :af Ring<t:ring> Finger<t:finger>
From de Ring ring Finger finger.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/
de De-Ringfinger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ring fin ger
Noun
m
ring finger finger next to the little finger
de Goldfinger Herzfinger dated
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
m
Hypernyms
de Finger
Coordinate terms
de Zeigefinger, de Mittelfinger, de kleiner Finger
de Daumen
Further reading
de Fingers
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Ríng#fínger
Noun
m Ringfinger
ring finger
Further reading
Saterland Frisian
stq Middelfinger Pink Finger names
Etymology
From stq Ring ring Finger finger. Akin to nl ringvinger and de Ringfinger.
Pronunciation
stq /ˈrɪŋˌfɪŋər/
stq Ring fin ger
Noun
m Ringfingere
ring finger
References
stq Fingers