different between ginge vs dinge

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Adjective

ginge (comparative more ginge, superlative most ginge)

1. (slang, derogatory) ginger, red-haired

Noun

ginge (plural ginges)

1. (slang, derogatory) A red-haired person.

Anagrams

• geg in

Dutch

Verb

ginge

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of gaan

German

Pronunciation

Verb

ginge

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of gehen
2. third-person singular past subjunctive of gehen

Middle English

Adjective

ginge

1. Alternative form of yong

Swedish

Verb

ginge

1. (dated) past subjunctive of gå
   • 1669-1670, Lasse Lucidor, Skulle jag sörja, då vore jag tokot

   • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa, chapter 26

   • 1917 translation, the Bible, 1 Corinthians, 11:31

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Etymology 1

From dingy.

Noun

dinge (plural dinges)

1. Dinginess.
2. (US slang, dated) A black person.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010 p. 3:

     ‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’

   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 46:

     ‘You made a hit with the dinge,’ Bob was saying.

Derived terms

• dinge queen

Etymology 2

From Middle English dengen, from Old English den?an, den??an, from Proto-Germanic *dangijan? (“to beat, hit”).

Verb

dinge (third-person singular simple present dinges, present participle dingeing, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
2. to flog, as in penance

Derived terms

• dinged-up

Anagrams

• Edgin, deign, digne, gnide, nidge

Afrikaans

Noun

dinge

1. plural of ding

Dutch

Verb

dinge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dingen

Irish

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“wedge; thickset person”)

Noun

dinge f

1. genitive singular of ding (“dint”)

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