tommelfinger

Danish

Etymology

From tommel (“thumb”) +‎ finger (“finger”). Compare Old Norse þumalfingr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢʌməlˌfeŋˀɐ], [ˈtˢʌml̩ˌfeŋˀɐ]

Noun

tommelfinger c (singular definite tommelfingeren, plural indefinite tommelfingre)

  1. thumb

Inflection

Declension of tommelfinger
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tommelfinger tommelfingeren tommelfingre tommelfingrene
genitive tommelfingers tommelfingerens tommelfingres tommelfingrenes

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

tommel +‎ finger; from Old Norse þumalfingr, þumalsfingr

Noun

tommelfinger m (definite singular tommelfingeren, indefinite plural tommelfingre or tommelfingrer, definite plural tommelfingrene)

  1. (anatomy) a thumb

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

tommel +‎ finger; from Old Norse þumalfingr, þumalsfingr

Noun

tommelfinger m (definite singular tommelfingeren, indefinite plural tommelfingrar, definite plural tommelfingrane)

  1. (anatomy) a thumb

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References

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