Ringfinger

See also: ringfinger, ring finger, and ring-finger

German

Picture dictionary

Ringfinger

Handfläche

Handgelenk

Daumen

Zeigefinger

Mittelfinger

Ringfinger

kleiner Finger

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Arm

Etymology

From Ring (“ring”) +‎ Finger (“finger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (strong, genitive Ringfingers, plural Ringfinger)

1. ring finger (finger next to the little finger)

   Synonyms: (dated) Goldfinger, Herzfinger

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

Declension of Ringfinger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ringfinger	die	Ringfinger
genitive	eines	des	Ringfingers	der	Ringfinger
dative	einem	dem	Ringfinger	den	Ringfingern
accusative	einen	den	Ringfinger	die	Ringfinger

Hypernyms

• Finger

Coordinate terms

• Zeigefinger, Mittelfinger, kleiner Finger
• Daumen

Further reading

• “Ringfinger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ringfinger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Ringfinger”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Ringfinger” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriŋˌfiŋa/
• Rhymes: -iŋa
• Syllabification: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (plural Ringfinger)

1. ring finger

Further reading

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

Saterland Frisian

Finger names

Previous:	Middelfinger
Next:	Pink

Etymology

From Ring (“ring”) +‎ Finger (“finger”). Akin to Dutch ringvinger and German Ringfinger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪŋˌfɪŋər/
• Hyphenation: Ring‧fin‧ger

Noun

Ringfinger m (plural Ringfingere)

1. ring finger

References

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