Pony
- (masculine, strong) bangs, fringe (way of cutting the front portion of the hair)
- (broadly, masculine, strong) the front portion of the hair as such, the hair above the forehead
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɔni/
Etymology
In summary
From the similarity of the haircut with the mane of a pony. The older masculine gender may have been preserved here, or it may be a backformation from Ponyschnitt m (literally “pony cut”). Compare Dutch pony.
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