kring

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch kring, from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /krɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
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Noun

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kring m (plural kringen, diminutive kringetje n)

  1. circle; round figure
    Kinderen, ga in een kring staan!
    Children, form a circle!
  2. circle, clique (a community of people with a shared common interest)
    Dit is in deze kringen ongebruikelijk.
    This is unusual in these circles.
  3. a circular stain left on a table by a wet glass
  4. (chiefly Belgium) the student organization of a university faculty

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: kring
  • Negerhollands: rink
  • Indonesian: kring; lingkungan (semantic loan)
  • Papiamentu: kren

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of bell.

Etymology 2

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From Dutch kring (circle), from Middle Dutch kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Noun

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kring (first-person possessive kringku, second-person possessive kringmu, third-person possessive kringnya)

  1. (Catholicism) subdivision of a parish.
    Synonym: lingkungan

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • kreng (Trøndelag dialect)

Etymology

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From Old Norse kringr.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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kring

  1. around

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Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kringr, originally "turn or go about in circles," from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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kring

  1. around, about; same as omkring

Preposition

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kring

  1. around

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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kring (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of kring-kring

Further reading

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  • kring”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018