Ing
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ing"
English
Proper noun
Ing
- A surname
Derived terms
Anagrams
East Central German
Proper noun
Ing f
- (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the female given name Inge
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66:
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Inguz
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inɡ/, [iŋɡ]
Proper noun
Ing m
- a male given name from legend
- 8th or 9th century, Unknown, Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem:
- Ing wæs ǣrest · mid Ēastdenum
ġesewen seċġum, · oþ hē sīþþan ēast
ofer wæġ ġewāt, · wæn after rann;
þus Heardingas · þone hæle nemdon.- Ing was first among the Eastern Danes seen by men, until he soon afterwards departed over the ways, a wain followed after. Thus bold men named this hero.
- 8th or 9th century, Unknown, Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem:
- the runic character ᛝ (/ŋ/)
Declension
U-stem (masculine):
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Ing | — |
accusative | Ing | — |
genitive | Inga | — |
dative | Inga | — |
Swedish
Etymology
Shortened from Inga, feminine form of Inge.
Proper noun
Ing c (genitive Ings)
- a female given name shortened from Inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like Ing-Britt and Ing-Marie