Dings
German, noun/dɪŋs/
Dings is spelled D-I-N-G-S (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dings is a German feminine noun meaning “thing, thingamajig, a strange or unspecified item or person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a genitive singular of Ding. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wort als Ersatz für einen momentan nicht erinnerten Ausdruck”.
What does Dings mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineneuterthing, thingamajig, a strange or unspecified item or person
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Ding
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wort als Ersatz für einen momentan nicht erinnerten Ausdruck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Dings?
- /dɪŋs/
- [ˈdɪŋs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dings
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dings in German?
Dings appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).