Fink
See also: fink
English
Proper noun
Fink (plural Finks)
- A surname.
Derived terms
See also
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vinke, from Old High German finco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪŋk/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Fink m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Finken or (colloquial) Finks, plural Finken)
Usage notes
The word may have weak or mixed declension; colloquially it is almost exclusively strong.
Declension
Declension of Fink [masculine, weak // mixed]
Hyponyms
- Buchfink, Distelfink, Edelfink, Grünfink, Teidefink
- Schmutzfink
Derived terms
- finkenartig
Descendants
- → Estonian: vint
Proper noun
Fink m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Finks or (with an article) Fink, feminine genitive Fink, plural Finks)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Fink [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Fink | (eine) | (die) | Fink | (die) | Finks |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Finks, Fink1 | (einer) | (der) | Fink | (der) | Finks |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Fink | (einer) | (der) | Fink | (den) | Finks |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Fink | (eine) | (die) | Fink | (die) | Finks |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Fink” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German finco. Compare German Fink, Dutch vink, English finch.
Noun
Fink m (plural Finke)
Derived terms
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *fink, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz. Cognates include West Frisian fink and English finch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪŋk/
- Hyphenation: Fink
- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Noun
Fink m (plural Finke)
Synonyms
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Fink”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fìːnk/
Proper noun
Fínk m anim
- a surname
References
- Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 186