ingang

From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- +‎ gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɡaŋ/

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. (archaic, rare) An entrance or entryway.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingang.

• outgang

• 1911, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, "ingang".
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

• naggin

From Middle High German inganc, from Old High German ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with German Eingang, English ingang.

ingang m

1. (Sette Comuni) entry, entrance

• ghéenan

• “ingang” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From Middle Dutch inganc, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, ultimately from *ǵʰengʰ-. Equivalent to in (“in”) +‎ gang (“passageway, hallway”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋɣɑŋ/
• Hyphenation: in‧gang

ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)

1. entrance

   Antonym: uitgang

   De ingang van het gebouw is aan de zijkant. ― The entrance to the building is on the side.

   Sorry, ik kan de ingang van het hotel niet vinden. ― Sorry, I can't find the entrance to the hotel.

   De ingang is versierd met bloemen voor het festival. ― The entrance is decorated with flowers for the festival.

2. (electronics) input

   Antonym: uitgang

   De TV heeft verschillende ingangen voor HDMI en USB. ― The TV has multiple inputs for HDMI and USB.

   Controleer de ingang voordat je het apparaat aansluit. ― Check the input before connecting the device.

   De audio-ingang lijkt niet te werken. ― The audio input doesn't seem to be working.

3. entry, lemma (in a dictionary)

   Ik kon het woord niet vinden, maar later ontdekte ik dat ik de verkeerde ingang had gecheckt. ― I couldn't find the word, but later discovered I had checked the wrong entry.

   De ingangen in dit woordenboek zijn alfabetisch geordend. ― The entries in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically.

   Het is belangrijk om de juiste ingang te gebruiken als je een woord opzoekt. ― It's important to use the correct lemma when looking up a word.

• artiesteningang
• dienstingang
• hoofdingang

• ging na, naging

From Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”), from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang).

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. an entry, entrance
2. permission granted for entry, admission

• infer, infare

• outgang
• misgang

From Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ingong, Old Saxon ingang, Old Dutch *ingang, Old High German ingang, Old Norse inngangr. Equivalent to in- +‎ gang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈinˌɡɑŋɡ]

ingang m

1. entrance (place of entry or act of entering)
2. permission to enter: access, admission
3. a beginning, first step

Strong a-stem:

• (access, admission): tōgang

• ūtgang

• Middle English: ingang
  • English: ingang