Zink

See also: zink

German

Etymology

Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”), see also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tsɪŋk/
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Noun

Zink n or m (genitive Zinkes, no plural)

  1. zinc

Declension
Declension of Zink (uncountable)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Zink
genitive eines des Zinkes,
Zinks
dative einem dem Zink,
Zinke1
accusative einen den Zink
1Now uncommon, see notes

Coordinate terms

Noun

Zink m (genitive Zinkes, plural Zinken)

  1. cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)

Declension
Declension of Zink
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zink die Zinken
genitive eines des Zinkes,
Zinks		 der Zinken
dative einem dem Zink,
Zinke1		 den Zinken
accusative einen den Zink die Zinken
1Now uncommon, see notes

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡siŋk/

Noun

Zink n

  1. zinc

Further reading
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