From an earlier term meaning to "lurk, lie in wait for an opportunity", from Middle High German lunger (“greedy, active, brisk, quick”), from Old High German lungar (“quick, easy”), from Proto-West Germanic *lungur, from Proto-Germanic *lunguraz (“quick, vigorous, strong”); alternatively from Middle Low German lungeren (“to eagerly lie in wait for, long for”) (compare Middle Low German lunger (“desire, lust, longing”)), from Old Saxon lungar (“strong”), from the same origin. Cognate with Old English lungre (“quickly, at once, speedily, immediately”).
lungern (weak, third-person singular present lungert, past tense lungerte, past participle gelungert, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | lungern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | lungernd | ||||
| past participle | gelungert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich lungre ich lungere ich lunger |
wir lungern | i | ich lungere ich lungre |
wir lungern |
| du lungerst | ihr lungert | du lungerest du lungrest |
ihr lungeret ihr lungret | ||
| er lungert | sie lungern | er lungere er lungre |
sie lungern | ||
| preterite | ich lungerte | wir lungerten | ii | ich lungerte1 | wir lungerten1 |
| du lungertest | ihr lungertet | du lungertest1 | ihr lungertet1 | ||
| er lungerte | sie lungerten | er lungerte1 | sie lungerten1 | ||
| imperative | lungre (du) lunger (du) lungere (du) |
lungert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.