zeng

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See also: zéng, zèng, zēng, and zěng

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zeng
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

From zengen.

Noun

zeng m (plural zengen, diminutive zengetje n)

  1. gust, windflaw

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zeng

  1. inflection of zengen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as zendül (to produce a sound) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

zeng

  1. (intransitive) to resound
  2. (transitive, poetic) to express something by singing and with music
  3. (transitive, literary) to praise someone or something in a song or a poem

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

Compound words
With verbal prefixes

References

  1. ^ zeng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • zeng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

zeng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zěng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zèng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.