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Webster 1913 Edition

Ing

Ing

(ĭng)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ing
.]
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024

Ing

Ing

See also: ing, ING, -ing, -ing-, ing., Ing., and -ïng

Swedish

Proper noun

Ing

  1. A female given name shortened from Inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like Ing-Britt and Ing-Marie.

ing

ing

See also: Ing, ING, -ing, -ing-, ing., Ing., and -ïng

English

Noun

ing ‎(plural ings)

  1. (now only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
    Ings, glens, and fens of the Highlands.‎
    • 1773, Journals of the House of Commons:
      Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands.
    • 1804, Marshall (William), On the Landed Property of England, possibly quoting an earlier work:
      [There] lay an extent of meadow grounds, in ings, to afford a supply of hay.

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Etymology 2

From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

Noun

ing ‎(plural ings)

  1. The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
  • eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Anagrams

Hungarian

ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ing

Noun

ing ‎(plural ingek)

  1. shirt

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ing ingek
accusative inget ingeket
dative ingnek ingeknek
instrumental inggel ingekkel
causal-final ingért ingekért
translative inggé ingekké
terminative ingig ingekig
essive-formal ingként ingekként
essive-modal — —
inessive ingben ingekben
superessive ingen ingeken
adessive ingnél ingeknél
illative ingbe ingekbe
sublative ingre ingekre
allative inghez ingekhez
elative ingből ingekből
delative ingről ingekről
ablative ingtől ingektől
Possessive forms of ing
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ingem ingeim
2nd person sing. inged ingeid
3rd person sing. inge ingei
1st person plural ingünk ingeink
2nd person plural ingetek ingeitek
3rd person plural ingük ingeik

Verb

ing

  1. wobble
  2. swing

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (wobble): inog

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • meging

Javanese

Preposition

ing

  1. in
  2. on
  3. at

Jirajira

Noun

ing

  1. water

References

  • Luis Oramas, Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua (1916)

Old English

Etymology

Apparently a borrowing from Old Norse eng or possibly inherited directly from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

Noun

ing f ‎(nominative plural inga or inge)

  1. meadow, water meadow, ing

Declension

Etymology

From Middle English ing, ynge, enge, from Old English ing, *eng ‎(“a meadow; ing”), from Proto-Germanic *angijō ‎(“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos ‎(“a bend; curve; bowl; hollow; dell; glen”), from *h₂énk- ‎(“to bend; curve; bow”). Cognate with Scots eng ‎(“ing; meadow”), Dutch eng ‎(“pasture; farmland”), Danish eng ‎(“meadow”), Swedish äng ‎(“meadow; field”), Norwegian eng ‎(“meadow”), Faroese ong ‎(“grassland; meadow; pasture”), Icelandic eng ‎(“a meadow”), Icelandic engi ‎(“a meadow; meadowland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iŋɡ/

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