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English
Proper noun
Lung (plural Lungs)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lung is the 4578th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7753 individuals. Lung is most common among Hispanic/Latino (47.07%), White (32.36%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.51%) individuals.
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Lung f (plural Lungan, diminutive Lungerl)
- (anatomy) lung
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”),
Noun
Lung f
- (physiology, anatomy, Erzgebirgisch) lung
References
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Lung f (plural Lunge, diminutive Lungche)
- lung
Further reading
Plautdietsch
Noun
Lung f (plural Lungen)
- lung
Romanian
Etymology
From lung.
Proper noun
Lung m (genitive/dative lui Lung)
- a surname