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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (young). Compare Swedish ung, Icelandic ungur, Dutch jong, German jung, English young.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (neuter ungt, plural and definite singular attributive unge, comparative yngre, superlative (predicative) yngst, superlative (attributive) yngste)

  1. young

Further reading

Icelandic

Adjective

ung

  1. strong nominative singular feminine of ungur

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish oingid, from Latin ungō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ung (present analytic ungann, future analytic ungfaidh, verbal noun ungadh, past participle ungtha)

  1. (transitive, religion, etc.) anoint (with oil, ointment, etc.)
    Synonym: olaigh

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ungadh (ointment; unguent, salve)
  • ungadóir (ointment-maker, perfumer)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ung n-ung hung not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ungō.[1] Compare Romanian unge, ung, Aromanian ungu.

Verb

ung

  1. smear, grease, lubricate

References

Middle French

Article

ung

  1. Alternative form of un

Numeral

ung (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of un

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr (young), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (young), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (young), from *h₂yuh₁en- (young), from both *h₂óyu (long time, lifetime), from *h₂ey- (vital force, life, age, eternity) + and from *-Hō (Hoffmann's suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (neuter singular ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (young). Akin to English young.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ung (masculine and feminine ung, neuter ungt, definite singular and plural unge, comparative yngre, indefinite superlative yngst, definite superlative yngste)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
    Antonyms: gamal, gammal
    Kven er yngst her?Who is the youngest here?

Derived terms

References

Rade

Pronunciation

Noun

ung

  1. husband

Romanian

Verb

ung

  1. inflection of unge:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ungr, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (young).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵŋː/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

ung (comparative yngre, superlative yngst)

  1. young
    Antonym: gammal
    en ung, lovande spelare
    a young, promising player
    Natten är ung
    The night is young

Declension

Inflection of ung
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ung yngre yngst
Neuter singular ungt yngre yngst
Plural unga yngre yngst
Masculine plural3 unga yngre yngst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 unge yngre yngste
All unga yngre yngsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

ung

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Adjective

ung (, )

  1. addled, rotten

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From earlier */huːn/, itself from Middle English hung, past of Middle English hangen.

Pronunciation

Verb

ung

  1. hung

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73