Fink

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English

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Proper noun

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Fink (plural Finks)

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

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See also

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Middle High German vinke, from Old High German finco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɪŋk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Fink m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Finken or (colloquial) Finks, plural Finken)

  1. finch
  2. (student slang) student not belonging to a fraternity
    Antonyms: Fuchs, Fux, Bursch

Usage notes

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The word may have weak or mixed declension; colloquially it is almost exclusively strong.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: vint

Proper noun

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Fink m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Finks or (with an article) Fink, feminine genitive Fink, plural Finks)

  1. a surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Fink” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Old High German finco. Compare German Fink, Dutch vink, English finch.

Noun

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Fink m (plural Finke)

  1. finch

Saterland Frisian

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n Fink.

Etymology

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From Old Frisian *fink, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *finkiz. Cognates include West Frisian fink and English finch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Fink m (plural Finke)

  1. finch

Synonyms

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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Fink”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fínk m anim

  1. a surname

References

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  • Keber, Janez (2021) Leksikon priimkov [Dictionary of Surnames] (in Slovene), Celje: Celjska Mohorjeva družba, →ISBN, page 186