Ring

See also: ring and riñg

English

Proper noun

Ring

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.
    • 2026 September 22, Isaac Ashe, “Man who killed 82-year-old in random attack sentenced”, in BBC News‎[1], archived from the original on 10 October 2026:
      Gerard Ring, 82, died in hospital three days after he was stabbed by Julian Donoher outside his home in Whitecross Gardens, off Kedleston Road in Derby, on 6 September 2025.
  2. A parish of County Waterford, Ireland.
  3. An unincorporated community in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German rinc, from Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, cognate with Danish ring, Dutch ring, English ring, Swedish ring.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɪŋ/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Ring m (strong, genitive Ringes or Rings, plural Ringe, diminutive Ringchen n or Ringlein n)

  1. a ring (a circular and hollow object, made of any material.)
  2. a ring (small jewelry worn on the finger (usually composed of precious metals))
  3. a ring (a group of people, often involved into criminal and illegal actions)
  4. (mathematics) a ring (algebraic structure)
  5. (geometry) a ring (planar geometrical figure)
  6. (heraldry) an annulet (ring used as a charge)
  7. (astronomy) a ring (a collection of material orbiting a planet)
  8. (sports) a ring (a place where events such as wrestling and boxing take place)
  9. a street that encircles a city where once the old town walls have been; a boulevard.

Declension

Declension of Ring [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ring die Ringe
genitive eines des Ringes, Rings der Ringe
dative einem dem Ring, Ringe1 den Ringen
accusative einen den Ring die Ringe

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

  • “Ring”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
  • “Ring” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Syllabification: Ring

Noun

Ring m (plural Ring, diminutive Ringche)

  1. ring

Derived terms

Further reading

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