jonk

See also: Jonk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jong, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/

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Adjective

jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)

1. young
2. recent

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)

1. (many dialects) young

   Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.

   He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/
• Rhymes: -oŋk

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk, superlative am jéngsten or am jénksten)

1. young

   Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.

   I asked a young man who gave me directions.

Declension

declension of jonk

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

Antonyms

• al

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North Frisian

Pronoun

jonk

1. objective case of jat