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Ding
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ding díng dìng dīng dǐng dìŋ
English
Etymology 1
From the pinyin romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 定州 Orderly Prefecture.
Proper noun
en historical A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.
en historical A county of Republican China in Hebei Province.
Synonyms
prefecture en Dingzhou
county en Dingxian
Etymology 2
en cmn 丁 Dīng or en cdo 陳 Dĭng.
Alternative forms
en Ting
Proper noun
en Mandarin,Eastern Min.
Translations
Chinese surname (丁)
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 丁 Dīng
Russian: ru Динь
Vietnamese: vi Đinh
German
Etymology
de gem-pro 1
From de gmh ding, from de goh thing, from de gmw-pro *þing. Compare nds ding, nl ding, en thing, da ting.
Pronunciation
de /dɪŋ/ most areas
de /dɪŋk/ chiefly northern Germany
de De-Ding.ogg
de De-Ding2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s,e:er lein
thing
de Was ist das für ein Ding? What is that thing?
de mildly disrespectful thing; girl; boy young person
de dated Thing historic Germanic council
de Thing
de Genitaliade slang thing, prick, penis
de Sexy Kein Test Luda featured by de GPC (Rapper) GPC 12 2010 0:40 Luda ist so sexy, ich gehöre verbotenIch komme in den Klub und jedes Ding zeigt nach oben
Usage notes
The plural de Dinge means things in general, or different kinds of things:
de Werte sind wichtiger als Dinge. Values are more important than things.
de Nahrung, Kleidung und Wohnung sind Dinge, die jeder braucht. Food, clothes and a home are things that everyone needs.
The plural de Dinger means several items of one sort of thing:
de Was sind das hier für kleine rote Dinger? What are these little red things?
In formal style, this sense is preferably covered by de Gegenstände rather than de Dinger. The plural de Dinger is also used for the sense “young person”.
Declension
n,(e)s,e:er
Derived terms
de dinglich
de Dings, de Dingens, de Dingsbums, de Dingsda, de Dingenskirchen placeholder nouns used like English thingy and whatshisname
de Dinggedicht
de guter Dinge optimistic of good things
de Unding
See also
de Sache
de Zeug
de Gegenstand
Further reading
Ding_Gegenstand_Vorgang Ding (Gegenstand, Vorgang)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
pdc gem-pro 1
From pdc gmw-rfr, from pdc gmh ding, from pdc goh thing, from pdc gmw-pro *þing. Compare de Ding, nl ding, en thing, sv ting.
Noun
pdc noun n plural Dinge
thing
Derived terms
pdc Dingel
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
stq gem-pro ine-pro 2
From stq ofs thing, from stq gmw-pro *þing. Cognates include fy ding, nl ding and de Ding.
Pronunciation
stq /ˈdɪŋ/
stq Ding
stq ɪŋ 1
Noun
n Dingere
thing
References