German

Noun

Dinge

1. plural of Ding

English

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 Old English dengan, dencgan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną ‎(“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
2. to flog, as in penance

Derived terms

• dinged-up

Anagrams

• deign

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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