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

Fringilla coelebs in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

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. A Dutch dish that consists of pork and beef mince wrapped in bacon; Short for slavink.
4. (computing, often in the diminutive) A checkmark.

Derived terms

• appelvink
• distelvink
• geelvink
• goudvink
• groenvink
• luistervink
• prachtvink
• vinkachtige

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vink

Further reading

• vink on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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

Related terms

• vinka

References

• vink in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• kniv