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)

  1. A finch.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪŋk/
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  • 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)

  1. chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
  2. One of many other birds of the family Fringillidae; a finch.
  3. clipping of slavink
  4. (computing, often in the diminutive) A checkmark.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vink

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

vink

  1. inflection of vinken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vink

  1. imperative of vinke

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from German Wink.

Noun

vink c

  1. a wave (a movement of the hand)

Declension

Declension of vink
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vink vinks
definite vinken vinkens
plural indefinite vinkar vinkars
definite vinkarna vinkarnas

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