FromMiddle English dingen dyngen ( strong verb ) , fromOld English *dingan ( “ to ding ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *dingwan Proto-Germanic *dingwaną ( “ to beat ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰen- ( “ to beat, push ” ) .
Related toOld English denġan denċġan ( “ to ding, knock, beat, strike ” ,weak verb ) andOld Norse dengja ( “ to hammer ” ,weak verb ) ; both fromProto-Germanic *dangijaną ( “ to beat, hammer, peen ” ) , causative of*dingwaną
Cognate withIcelandic dengja ( “ to hammer ” ) ,Swedish dänga ( “ to bang, beat ” ) ,Danish dænge ( “ to bang, beat ” ) ,German tengeln dengeln ( “ to peen ” ) .
ding (plural dings
( informal ) minor damage caused by being struck; a smalldent orchip .2007 September, “Ding Repairs ”,BBC Wales archived on 5 October 2014 :If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If theding is on the rail, run tape across theding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles. ( colloquial ) rejection .I just got my firstding letter.
ding (third-person singular simple present dings present participle dinging simple past dinged or ( obsolete ) dang past participle dinged or ( obsolete ) dang or ( obsolete ) dung
( transitive ) hit orstrike .Todash ; tothrow violently.1630 Taylor's Works :The butcher's axe (like great Alcides' bat) /Dings deadly downe ten thousand thousand flat.
( transitive ) inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.( transitive , colloquial ) fire orreject .His top schooldinged him last week.
( transitive , colloquial ) deduct , as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; topenalize .My bankdinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
2015 August 7,Ron Lieber , “Bringing paternity leave into the mainstream [print version: Paid leave expands for fathers, but will there be any takers?,International New York Times , 10 August 2015, p. 14]”, inThe New York Times [1] [ …] dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave.
( transitive , golf ) golf ball).( Scotland , of rain) 1821 Poems on different occasions, chiefly in the Scottish dialect , page226 :The night turn'd dark an'dang on rain, [ …]
1832 Thrummy Cap, a Tale[ in Verse] ; and The Brownie O' Fearnden, a Ballad , page 4:An awfu' show'r o' sna' and drift / As ever dang down frae the lift; / Right wild an' monstrous Boreas roar'd.
1876 Alec Forbes , MacDonald, page193 :It'sdingin' on, isn't?
to inflict minor damage on
(colloquial) To deduct, as points
Onomatopoeic . Compareding-dong
ding (plural dings
The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. ( colloquial , roleplaying games , especially video games ) levelling up .high-pitched sound of a bell
ding (third-person singular simple present dings present participle dinging simple past and past participle dinged
( intransitive ) ( transitive ) 1884 English comic dramatists :If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keepdinging it,dinging it into one so.
( intransitive , colloquial , roleplaying games , especially video games ) level up .Romanized fromMandarin 鼎 dǐng
ading with an animal mask ortaotie ding (plural dings or ding
An ancient Chinese vessel withlegs and alid . vessel
Chinese:Mandarin:鼎 (zh) ( dǐng ) Japanese:鼎 (ja) ( かなえ, kanae ) ,鼎 (ja) ( てい, tei ) Korean:please add this translation if you can
FromCantonese 丁 ( ding1 ) .
ding (plural dings
( Hong Kong ) New Territories entitled to the building a village house under theSmall House Policy .ding (plural dings
( Western Australia , offensive , ethnic slur ) Italian person, specifically anItalian Australian FromDutch ding Old Dutch thinc Proto-Germanic *þingą
ding (plural dinge
thing 2016 Sal Jy Met My Dans? [2] Dinge raak warm, warm.Things are getting hot, hot.FromMiddle High German ding Old High German thing Proto-West Germanic *þing ( “ appointment; meeting; matter ” ) . Cognate withGerman Ding English thing
ding n plural dingar diminutive dingale
( Sette Comuni ) thing ,object Most often used in the diminutive.
Declension ofding –3rd declension
singular plural indef. def. noun def. noun nominative an 's ding de dingar accusative an 's ding de dingar dative aname me dinge in dingarn
“ding” inMartalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974 ),Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini , 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo FromMiddle Dutch dinc Old Dutch thinc Proto-West Germanic *þing Proto-Germanic *þingą
ding n plural dingen diminutive dingetje n
matter ,thing 2006 Jeroen van Merwijk , “Een Ding”, inEven Iemand Doodslaan :Waarom zijn al diedingen daar ineens maar neergezet? / Is er eendingen motie aangenomen, of eendingen wet? / Dat in elke straat en elke laan voortaan een soort vanding moet staan? / Ik liep laatst over straat en ik zag 'nding staan Why did people put all thesethings in place all of a sudden? / Has athings motion been passed, or a law onthings ? / That every street and avenue should have some kind ofthing in it from now on? / I was walking down the street the other day and I saw athing standing around ( historical ) ( popular assembly or judicial council in early Germanic society ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ding
inflection ofdingen first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative ding FromOld Irish ding ( “ wedge ” ) .[ 2]
ding f genitive singular dinge nominative plural dingeacha
wedge FromOld Irish dingid ( “ press, force ” ) ,[ 3] Proto-Celtic *dingeti ( “ knead, form, press ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti , nasal infix present of*dʰeyǵʰ- ( “ to knead, form ” ) .
ding (present analytic dingeann future analytic dingfidh verbal noun dingeadh past participle dingthe ( transitive )
towedge tocram ,stuff ( fill in a compressed manner ) verbal noun dingeadh past participle dingthe tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present dingim dingeann dingir † dingeann dingimid dingeann dingeann dingid † adhingeann dhingeas ndingeann dingtear past dhing dhingeas dhing dhingis dhing dhingeamar dhing dhing dhingeabhair dhing dhingeadar adhing dhing dingeadh past habitual dhinginn ndinginn dhingteá ndingteá dhingeadh ndingeadh dhingimis dhingeadh ndingimis ndingeadh dhingeadh ndingeadh dhingidís dhingeadh ndingidís ndingeadh adhingeadh ndingeadh dhingtí ndingtí future dingfidh dingfead dingfidh dingfir † dingfidh dingfimid dingfidh dingfidh dingfidh dingfid † adhingfidh dhingfeas ndingfidh dingfear conditional dhingfinn ndingfinn dhingfeá ndingfeá dhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfimis dhingfeadh ndingfimis ndingfeadh dhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfidís dhingfeadh ndingfidís ndingfeadh adhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfí ndingfí subjunctive present gondinge ndingead † gondinge ndingir † gondinge gondingimid ndinge gondinge gondinge ndingid † — gondingtear past dándinginn dándingteá dándingeadh dándingimis ndingeadh dándingeadh dándingidís ndingeadh — dándingtí imperative – dingim ding dingeadh dingimis dingigí dingidh † dingidís — dingtear
* indirect relativeeclipsis
dingire m ( “ wedging implement; light hammer ” ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ding f genitive singular dinge nominative plural dingeacha
dint ( mark left by a blow ) ding (present analytic dingeann future analytic dingfidh verbal noun dingeadh past participle dingthe
( transitive ) dint ,mark with ablow verbal noun dingeadh past participle dingthe tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present dingim dingeann dingir † dingeann dingimid dingeann dingeann dingid † adhingeann dhingeas ndingeann dingtear past dhing dhingeas dhing dhingis dhing dhingeamar dhing dhing dhingeabhair dhing dhingeadar adhing dhing dingeadh past habitual dhinginn ndinginn dhingteá ndingteá dhingeadh ndingeadh dhingimis dhingeadh ndingimis ndingeadh dhingeadh ndingeadh dhingidís dhingeadh ndingidís ndingeadh adhingeadh ndingeadh dhingtí ndingtí future dingfidh dingfead dingfidh dingfir † dingfidh dingfimid dingfidh dingfidh dingfidh dingfid † adhingfidh dhingfeas ndingfidh dingfear conditional dhingfinn ndingfinn dhingfeá ndingfeá dhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfimis dhingfeadh ndingfimis ndingfeadh dhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfidís dhingfeadh ndingfidís ndingfeadh adhingfeadh ndingfeadh dhingfí ndingfí subjunctive present gondinge ndingead † gondinge ndingir † gondinge gondingimid ndinge gondinge gondinge ndingid † — gondingtear past dándinginn dándingteá dándingeadh dándingimis ndingeadh dándingeadh dándingidís ndingeadh — dándingtí imperative – dingim ding dingeadh dingimis dingigí dingidh † dingidís — dingtear
* indirect relativeeclipsis
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ),Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect Second volume: Dictionary ], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page85 ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “ding ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “dingid ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language FromChinese 釘 MC
ding
nail ding
fire 1955 Khasi Common Language Bible :Singh, U Nissor (1906 ),Khasi-English dictionary [3] 69 SEAlang.net .ding
nonstandard spelling ofdīng nonstandard spelling ofdǐng nonstandard spelling ofdìng Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.ding
alternative form ofdingen ding
alternative form ofdigne FromProto-Kuki-Chin *diŋ ( “ to stand, stop ” ) .
ding (stem II din
tostand up ding
right (opposite ofleft )forright-handed people upright FromProto-West Germanic *þing
ding n
thing object matter ,case From Pre-Palauan*ðayiŋa , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *taliŋa Proto-Austronesian *Caliŋa
ding
ear ding Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary , attekinged.com .ding Palauan-English Dictionary , attrussel2.com .ding Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977 ),Palauan-English Dictionary , University Press of Hawaii,→ISBN 80 Probably fromOld Norse dengja ( “ to beat, thrash ” ) . Cognate withSwedish dänga Danish dænge
ding (third-person singular simple present dings present participle dingin simple past dang past participle dung
tobeat ,hit ,strike Traditional , “Jock o Braidislee”:An he's awa tae the greenwood gane / Taeding the dun deer doon. And he's gone away to the greenwood / Tostrike the dun deer down. tobeat ,excel ,defeat todash ,demolish ,tear down 1960 [4] Hamish Henderson :An the black lad frae yontNyanga dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun And the black lad from distant Nyangatears the foul gallows of the bourgeois down. FromTavringer Romani dinalo ,dingalo ( “ crazy ” ) , fromRomani dinelo ( “ stupid, crazy ” ) . Related toSanskrit दीन ( dīna ,“ weak ” ) .
ding (comparative mer dingsuperlative mest ding
( colloquial ) mad ,crazy The neuter form is usually avoided, comparerädd 1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
FromOld Frisian thing Proto-West Germanic *þing Saterland Frisian Ding Dutch ding German Ding
ding c plural dingen
thing “ding (I) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 FromChinese 丁 MC
ding (Sawndip form 丁 1957–1982 spelling diŋ
the fourth of the tenheavenly stems ding
todrink to bestraight Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)[6] 
