haring

See also: Haring

English

Verb

haring

1. present participle and gerund of hare

Dutch

Clupea harengus

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hârinc, from Old Dutch *hāring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.rɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ring
• Rhymes: -aːrɪŋ
• Homophone: Haring

Noun

haring m (plural haringen, diminutive harinkje n)

1. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
2. (generally) a clupeid fish, any fish of the family Clupeidae

   Hypernym: haringachtige

3. a tent peg

   Synonym: tentharing

Derived terms

• haringachtig
• maatjesharing
• tentharing

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: haring
• Negerhollands: heriṅ
• → Caribbean Hindustani: eleng
• → Papiamentu: hering

Further reading

• haring (soort) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• Clupeidae on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• tentharing on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl