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Afrikaans
Adjective
jonger
- comparative degree of jonk
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
jonger
- comparative degree of jong
Jersey Dutch
Etymology
From dialectal Dutch jonger (“boy”), variant of jongen (also jong). Derived from the comparative jonger (“younger”), cf. standard Dutch jongere (“youth, adolescent”). The plural jongers also appears in Dutch dialects with singular jong(en) by analogy with kind > kinders etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
jonger (plural jongers)
- boy, male kid, son
1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]- A man had two sons.
Luxembourgish
Adjective
jonger
- feminine dative of jong