Zink

Zink

See also: zink

English

Etymology

Proper noun

Zink

  1. A surname.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsɪŋk/
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Etymology 1

    Probably related to Zinke (point, prong), from Old High German zint (a jag, point), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (prong, pinnacle), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (tooth, projection).

    Cognate with Dutch tinne (battlement), German Zinne (pinnacle, battlement), Danish tinde (pinnacle, battlement), Swedish tinne (tooth of a rake), Icelandic tindur (spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement).

    Noun

    Zink n (strong, genitive Zinkes or Zinks, no plural)

    1. zinc
      Alternative form: Zn
      Synonym: (obsolete) Zincum
    Declension
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    Etymology 2

    Probably from Zinke.

    Noun

    Zink m (mixed, genitive Zinks or Zinkes, plural Zinken)

    1. cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)
    Declension

    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

    From German Zink.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t͡siŋk/

    Noun

    Zink n

    1. zinc

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Zink”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch