Dung

English

Alternative forms

• Dzung
• Yung

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese Dung.

Proper noun

Dung

1. A female given name from Vietnamese

Etymology 2

From Vietnamese Dũng.

Proper noun

Dung

1. A male given name from Vietnamese

Usage notes

To avoid the undesirable homograph dung, some Overseas Vietnamese individuals prefer to instead style their given name as Dzung or Yung, emphasizing the northern Vietnamese or southern Vietnamese pronunciation, respectively.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tunc, tunge, from Old High German tung, tunga, from Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).

The word also meant in High German—and it seems exclusively in Low German (compare Old Saxon dung)—a dwelling or storage room (originally under the earth and covered with dung), from Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”); also compare *dungijǭ (“dung-hill, dung-heap; bower”). The modern consonantism is of regional origin (see düngen). Cognate to English dung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋ/

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Noun

Dung m (strong, genitive Dunges or Dungs, no plural)

1. dung

Declension

Derived terms

• düngen

Further reading

• “Dung” in Duden online

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 容.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):
• Homophones: dung, giun, vun, vung

Proper noun

Dung

1. a female given name from Chinese