Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

    Waldschlucht

    глубо́кая лощи́наglubókaja loščína, лощи́наloščína

    a small wooded hollow

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley:

Origin

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive

From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”), English dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).

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Forms

plural: dingles
Singulardingle
Pluraldingles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small wooded hollow:dell

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dingle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto