vink
See also: Vink
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vink, from Middle Dutch vinke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəŋk/
Noun
vink (plural vinke, diminutive vinkie)
- A finch.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪŋk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vink
- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
- Homophone: Vink
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vinke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz.
Noun
vink f or m (plural vinken, diminutive vinkje n)
- chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- One of many other birds of the family Fringillidae; a finch.
- clipping of slavink
- (computing, often in the diminutive) A checkmark.
Derived terms
- appelvink
- distelvink
- geelvink
- goudvink
- groenvink
- luistervink
- prachtvink
- slavink
- vinkachtige
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vink
Further reading
- vink on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Etymology 2
Verb
vink
- inflection of vinken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vink
- imperative of vinke
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
vink c
- a wave (a movement of the hand)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | vink | vinks |
definite | vinken | vinkens | |
plural | indefinite | vinkar | vinkars |
definite | vinkarna | vinkarnas |