Hunger
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hunger m (strong, genitive Hungers, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Hunger
Derived terms
- hungrig
- Hungertuch, Hungersnot, Hungerwinter, Hungerhaken, Hungerturm
- Bärenhunger, Löwenhunger, Mordshunger
- Hungerbrunnen, Hungerquelle
See also
Further reading
- “Hunger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hunger” in Duden online
- “Hunger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Hunger”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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Alternative forms
- hunger (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hunger m
- (uncountable) hunger (need for food)
- Ich hon Hunger ― I'm hungry (literally, “I have hunger”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hunger”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German hunger, from Old Saxon hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. Compare High German Hunger, Dutch honger, English hunger, Swedish hunger.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hunger m (uncountable)
Derived terms
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
from Old Frisian hunger, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hunger m