Ringfinger

== German == === Etymology === From Ring (“ring”) +‎ Finger (“finger”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/ Hyphenation: Ring‧fin‧ger === Noun === Ringfinger m (strong, genitive Ringfingers, plural Ringfinger) 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 ==== ==== 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) 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 == === 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) ring finger === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “Ringfinger”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN