From Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.
jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)
From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)
Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”).
jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)
jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.
The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.
jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass jonk | si ass jonk | et ass jonk | si si(nn) jonk | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | jonken | jonk | jonkt | jonk |
| independent without determiner | jonkes | jonker | |||
| dative | after any declined word | jonken | jonker | jonken | jonken |
| as first declined word | jonkem | jonkem | |||
Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.
jonk
Perhaps borrowed from English junk.
jonk n
| Declension of jonk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | jonk | jonket | — | — |
| Genitive | jonks | jonkets | — | — |