thing

Betekenis (Engels)

Concepten

mikpunt

entiteit

wezenlijkheid

mensenwerk

lijdend voorwerp

het wezen

fysiek object

Synoniemen

gadget

piece of equipment

flat car

an article

pour water on

that which

various things

pour water

inanimate object

troublesome person

what-do-you-call-it

some things

tidal respiration

certain things

rank kind

cheyne-stokes respiration

cheyne-stokes breathing

affair, business, case, object, thing, matter

Frequentie

A1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/θɪŋ/
Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Compare West Frisian ding, Low German Ding, Dutch ding, German Ding, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ting, Finnish tinki. The word originally meant "assembly", then came to mean a specific issue discussed at such an assembly, and ultimately came to mean most broadly "an object". Compare Latin rēs, also meaning "legal matter", and same transition from Latin causa (“legal matter”) to "thing" in Romance languages. Modern use to refer to a Germanic assembly is likely influenced by cognates (from the same Proto-Germanic root) like Old Norse þing (“thing”), Danish ting, Swedish ting, and Old High German ding with this meaning.

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