Zinke

Meaning

1. (feminine) prong
2. (feminine) tine
3. (feminine) tenon

Concepts

peak

apex

acme

highlight

point

prong

summit

tine

tip

zenith

tooth

🦷

culmination

boils sens de bouillir

bugle

termination

pronk

climax

cog

conclusion

cornet

dovetail

ending

end

🔚

finish

Synonyms

Zahn

🦷

Zacken

Zacke

Spitze

Stift

Zipfel

Kulm

Signalhorn

Zink

Kornett

Ecke

Kante

Spikes

Ende

🔚

Klaue

Plektron

Stachel

Vorsprung

keilförmiges Stück

Dorn

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

zingge

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡sɪŋkə/

Etymology

From Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, probably an enhanced form of zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”).
Cognates:
Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).