# vinger
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfəŋ.ər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vinger (plural vingers)
* finger

#### Derived terms

* wysvinger

## Danish
### Noun

vinger c
* indefinite plural of vinge

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɪŋər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: vin‧ger
* Rhymes: -ɪŋər

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

#### Noun

vinger m (plural vingers or vingeren, diminutive vingertje n)
* finger
    Synonym: (plural only) fikken

##### Derived terms

* middelvinger
* nattevingerwerk
* op de vingers tikken
* ringvinger
* vijfvingerkruid
* vingerafdruk
* vingerdier
* vingeren
* vingerhandschoen
* vingerhoed
* vingernagel
* vingervlug
* wijsvinger
* worstenvinger

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vinger
* Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
* Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
* →? Aukan: finga
* →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
* →? Sranan Tongo: finga
** → Saramaccan: fingá

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vinger
* inflection of vingeren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

### Noun

vinger m
* finger
* finger, digit (a unit of measure)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: vinger
** Afrikaans: vinger
** Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
** Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
** →? Aukan: finga
** →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
** →? Sranan Tongo: finga
*** → Saramaccan: fingá
* Limburgish: vinger, vènger

### Further reading

* “vingher”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vinger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Noun

vinger
* Alternative form of fynger

## Middle High German
### Etymology

From Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈviŋɡər/, /ˈfiŋɡər/

### Noun

vinger m
* finger

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German:
** Swabian: Fengr
* Bavarian: Finga
** Cimbrian: vingar, bingar (Mezzaselva)
* Central Franconian:
** Hunsrik: Finger
** Luxembourgish: Fanger
* German: Finger
* Vilamovian: fyngier
* Yiddish: פֿינגער (finger)

### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
* “vinger” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

vinger m
* indefinite plural of vinge

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɪŋɡər/

### Noun

vinger
* finger
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:Lethel vinger.Little finger.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75