Ing (Germanic deity)
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Ing is a Germanic deity, often associated with fertility and prosperity, whose name underlies various Germanic personal names and words.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ing (Germanic deity) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16533821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ing (Germanic deity) Context triple: [Igor, etymologicalElement, Ing (Germanic deity)]
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A.
Ingerman
Ingerman is the surname of American actor and comedian Marty Ingels, known for his work in television and voice acting.
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B.
Ingo
Ingo is a given name most notably associated with architect James Ingo Freed, designer of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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C.
Ingelger
Ingelger was a 9th-century Frankish nobleman regarded as the founder of the House of Anjou and progenitor of the powerful Angevin dynasty.
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D.
Ífingr
Ífingr is the mythic river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods and the land of the giants.
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E.
Inger
Inger is a central female character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," representing the hardships and moral complexities of rural Norwegian life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ing (Germanic deity) Target entity description: Ing is a Germanic deity, often associated with fertility and prosperity, whose name underlies various Germanic personal names and words.
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A.
Ingerman
Ingerman is the surname of American actor and comedian Marty Ingels, known for his work in television and voice acting.
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B.
Ingo
Ingo is a given name most notably associated with architect James Ingo Freed, designer of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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C.
Ingelger
Ingelger was a 9th-century Frankish nobleman regarded as the founder of the House of Anjou and progenitor of the powerful Angevin dynasty.
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D.
Ífingr
Ífingr is the mythic river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods and the land of the giants.
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E.
Inger
Inger is a central female character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," representing the hardships and moral complexities of rural Norwegian life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.