Ringfinger
German, noun/ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/
Ringfinger is spelled R-I-N-G-F-I-N-G-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ringfinger is a German masculine noun meaning “ring finger (finger next to the little finger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der vierte Finger der Hand, der sich zwischen dem Mittelfinger und dem kleinen Finger befindet”.
What does Ringfinger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinering finger (finger next to the little finger)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der vierte Finger der Hand, der sich zwischen dem Mittelfinger und dem kleinen Finger befindet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ringfinger
- Ringfingers genitive
- Ringfingern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ringfinger?
- /ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ/
- [ˈʁɪŋˌfɪŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ringfinger in German?
Ringfinger appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).