Pink

See also: pink

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

• As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels.
• Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie.
• As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering.
• As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

Proper noun

Pink

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

Pink (plural Pinks)

1. (slang, derogatory, dated) An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Anagrams

• knip

German

Etymology

From the adjective pink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋk/
• Hyphenation: Pink

Noun

Pink n (strong, genitive Pinks, plural Pinks)

1. pink (color)

Declension

Declension of Pink [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Pink	die	Pinks
genitive	eines	des	Pinks	der	Pinks
dative	einem	dem	Pink	den	Pinks
accusative	ein	das	Pink	die	Pinks

See also

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa; Pink

References

• “Pink” in Duden online
• “Pink”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

Related to Dutch pink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋk/
• Hyphenation: Pink

Noun

Pink m (plural Pinke)

1. little finger

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Pink”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN