Ding
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From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).
Ding
Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳/陈 (Dĭng).
Ding
From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Low German ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Danish ting.
Ding n (strong, genitive Dinges or Dings, plural Dinge or Dinger, diminutive Dinglein n)
1Now rare, see notes.
From Rhine Franconian [Term?], from Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare German Ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Swedish ting.
Ding n (plural Dinge)
From Old Frisian thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Cognates include West Frisian ding, Dutch ding and German Ding.
Ding n (plural Dingere)