gering

Meaning

little, low

Concepts

small

petty

little

slight

mean

rare

short

scanty

scarce

few

🤏

lesser

limited

lonely

low

meager

meagre

merely

minor

negligible

only

outside

picayune

poor

remote

scant

seldom

slender

slim

tiny

trivial

hard up

small quantity

a little

small

bit

destitute

frugal

hint

humble

insignificant

insufficient

iota

lacking

Synonyms

klein

wenig

unbedeutend

winzig

kümmerlich

geringfügig

karg

knapp

mickrig

rar

pupsig

billig

dünn

fast nichts

gelinde

infinitesimal

jämmerlich

kaum

kaum etwas

klitzeklein

kurz

lausig

lumpig

marginal

mäßig

minderwertig

minimal

schlicht

schwach

sehr klein

selten

spärlich

unschuldig

😇

sehr wenig

unendlich klein

armselig

popelig

inferior

mickerig

mikro-

grenzlastig

minim

etwas

Kindlein

Kind

🧒

kleiner

ungenügend

jammervoll

knauserig

harmlos

Translations

petit

pequeño

gering

piccolo

klein

karig

luttel

min

chico

petit

insignificante

pequeno

insuffisant

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gringelig

Basel-Landschaft

nytelig

Basel-Landschaft

nytig

Basel-Landschaft

windig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈʁɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: geringe

Inherited from Old High German: giringi

Cognate with Yiddish: גרינג

In summary

From Middle High German geringe, from Old High German giringi, ringi (“low, plain, simple, light, easy”), from Proto-Germanic *ringwaz (“small, light, quick”), of uncertain origin, though possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”), Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”). Cognate with Yiddish גרינג (gring, “light, easy”) (DWDS).

Sentences

Seine optische Aktivität ist daher gering .

Its optical activity is therefore low.