onger

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • onner (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • enner (western Moselle Franoncian; with umlaut)
  • unger (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German *undar, northern variant of untar.

Pronunciation

Preposition

onger (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (Ripuarian) under; beneath

Derived terms

  • deronger
  • ongerm (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under.

Pronunciation

Adverb

onger (German-based spelling)

  1. under, downwards
  2. (postpositional) (to) under (implying motion)

Preposition

onger (+ dative or accusative) (German-based spelling)

  1. under
  2. below
  3. among, between

Usage notes

  • The preposition onger is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.
  • The preposition onger triggers the d/g-switch in definite articles that immediately follow the preposition in dialects where this switch occurs.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German unger. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

onger m

  1. Hungarian

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: Honger, Onger

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