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Hering.

herring

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈheːʁɪŋ/
  1. herring

    masculine · strong
  2. tent peg

    masculine · strong
  3. thin person, usually male

    informal · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hærinc, herinc, from Old High German hārinc, herinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring, *haring, perhaps from a substrate language. The sense of "tent peg" is from to the visual similarity between the fish and long, silver-grey metal pegs. According to Pfeifer, this sense is attested by the late 19th century.

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