Noun: Hering
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Hering |
| Plural | Heringe |
Definite
| Singular | der Hering |
| Plural | die Heringe |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Heringes; Herings |
| Plural | Heringe |
Definite
| Singular | des Heringes; Herings |
| Plural | der Heringe |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Hering; Heringe |
| Plural | Heringen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Hering; Heringe |
| Plural | den Heringen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Hering |
| Plural | Heringe |
Definite
| Singular | den Hering |
| Plural | die Heringe |
Sample Sentences
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Ich bin froh, dass ich kein Dicker bin,
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Denn Dicksein ist ’ne Quälerei.
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Ich bin froh, dass ich so’n dürrer Hering bin,
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Denn dünn bedeutet frei zu sein. (I’m glad I’m not a fat person,
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Because being fat is such an ordeal.
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I’m glad I’m such a scrawny herring,
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For to be thin means to be free.) [1978, “Dicke”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:]
Nouns inflected like Hering
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German hærinc, herinc, from Old High German hārinc, herinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring, *haring, perhaps from a substrate language.
2. 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.
Verbs referencing "Hering"
English Nouns
herring, Hungarian Nouns
hering, Romanian Nouns
hering.
Translations