Whinge: Difference between revisions

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English

Alternative forms

winge (archaic)
quhynge (Scotland; obsolete)

Etymology

From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian ("to whine"), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn ("to whine"), from *hwīnan ("to whine"). Cognate with German winseln ("to whine, whimper").

Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation

ウィンジ

Verb

whinge (whingeing, whinged)

(UK, Commonwealth, Irish) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

Noun

whinge (plural whinges)

(UK, AU, NZ, Irish) A cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
(UK, AU, NZ, Irish) A peevish complaint.
I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!

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 ===Etymology===
-From a northern variant of Old English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hwinsian ''hwinsian''] ("to whine"), from Proto-West Germanic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hwinis%C5%8Dn ''*hwinisōn''] ("to whine"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hw%C4%ABnan ''*hwīnan''] ("to whine"), from Proto-Indo-European [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/%E1%B8%B1wey- ''*ḱwey-''] ("to hiss, whistle, whisper"). Cognate with German [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/winseln ''winseln''] ("to whine, whimper").
+From a northern variant of Old English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hwinsian ''hwinsian''] ("to whine"), from Proto-West Germanic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hwinis%C5%8Dn ''*hwinisōn''] ("to whine"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hw%C4%ABnan ''*hwīnan''] ("to whine"). Cognate with German [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/winseln ''winseln''] ("to whine, whimper").
 ===Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation===