gering

From Middle Dutch gering, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *reng-ja, of obscure origin. Probably not related to wringen.

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

gering (comparative geringer, superlative geringst)

1. (quantity) little
2. (people or matters) insignificant, trivial

• Negerhollands: gering

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).

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʁɪŋ/

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gering (strong nominative masculine singular geringer, comparative geringer, superlative am geringsten)

1. little, low

   geringer Wert.

   low value.

   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 30/2010, page 57:

     Zwar ist der Anteil der Frauen in Betriebsratsämtern mit knapp 25 Prozent noch vergleichsweise gering, aber er wächst.

     It is true that the portion of women in works council positions is still comparatively low with 25 percent, but it is growing.

• geringschätzen
• nicht im Geringsten

• “gering” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “gering” in Duden online
• “gering” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Inherited from Malay gering (“sick”), from Javanese ꦒꦼꦫꦶꦁ (gering, “languishing, sickly; thin, emaciated; sick”), from Old Javanese gĕriṅ, griṅ (“illness, affliction”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.ˈrɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -rɪŋ
• Hyphenation: gê‧ring

gering (comparative lebih gering, superlative paling gering)

1. (obsolete) sick

   Synonym: sakit

• “gering”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

gering

1. romanization of ꦒꦼꦫꦶꦁ

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• IPA^(key): /ɡə.riŋ/
• Rhymes: -riŋ, -iŋ
• Hyphenation: ge‧ring

gering (Jawi spelling ݢريڠ)

1. (Palace Malay) sick.

• > Indonesian: gering (inherited)

• “gering”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

• “gering”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017