# Finger
## English
### Etymology

English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.

### Proper noun

Finger
* A surname.
* A city in Tennessee.

#### Derived terms

* fingerite

### Anagrams

* fringe

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger, Danish finger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɪŋɐ/
* Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
* Audio:(file)
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### Noun

Finger m (strong, genitive Fingers, plural Finger, diminutive Fingerchen n or Fingerlein n)
* finger

#### Derived terms

* -fingerig
* fingern
* -fingrig
* Goldfinger
* kleiner Finger
* Langfinger
* Mittelfinger
* Ringfinger
* um den Finger wickeln
* um den kleinen Finger wickeln
* Zeigefinger

#### Related terms

* Fingerabdruck
* fingerfertig
* Fingerhandschuh
* Fingernagel
* Fingerring
* Fingerschale
* Fingerschmied
* Fingerspitze
* Fingersprache
* Fingerzeig

### Further reading

* “Finger” in Duden online
* “Finger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## German Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon fingar.

### Noun

Finger m (plural Finger or Fingern or Fingers)
* finger (of the hand)

#### Derived terms

* Fingerafdruck
* Fingerbrede
* Fingerbreed
* Fingerledd
* Fingerlidd
* Fingernagel
* Fingerpick
* Fingerring
* Fingerspitz
* Fingerümfang
* lütt Finger
* lüttje Finger
* Middelfinger
* Ringfinger
* Wiesfinger

#### See also

* Been
* Dumen
* Duum
* Foot
* Hand
* Kopp
* Kupp
* Lief
* Tehn
* Teuhn
* Tohn
* Töhn

### References

* Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiŋa/
* Rhymes: -iŋa
* Syllabification: Fin‧ger

### Noun

Finger m (plural Finger, diminutive Fingerche)
* finger
    Sie hod lange Finger.She has long fingers.

#### Derived terms

* Fingerhud
* Fingernaaghel
* Fingerspitz

### See also

* Daume
* Mittelfinger
* Ringfinger
* Zeichefinger

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Finger”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 1

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* fanger (Föhr-Amrum)
* fainger (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.

### Pronunciation

* (Sylt) IPA: [ˈfɪŋɐ]

### Noun

Finger m (plural Fingern)
* (Sylt) finger (anatomy)

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar. Compare German Finger, Dutch vinger, English finger.

### Noun

Finger m (plural Finger)
* finger

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Cognates include West Frisian finger and German Finger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɪŋər/
* Hyphenation: Fin‧ger
* Rhymes: -ɪŋər

### Noun

Finger m (plural Fingere)
* finger

#### Coordinate terms

* Tone (“toe”)

### References

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