Hunger

See also: hunger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Hun‧ger

Noun

Hunger m (strong, genitive Hungers, no plural)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of Hunger [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hunger
genitive	eines	des	Hungers
dative	einem	dem	Hunger
accusative	einen	den	Hunger

Derived terms

• hungrig
• Hungertuch, Hungersnot, Hungerwinter, Hungerhaken, Hungerturm
• Bärenhunger, Löwenhunger, Mordshunger
• Hungerbrunnen, Hungerquelle

See also

• Schmacht

Further reading

• “Hunger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hunger” in Duden online
• “Hunger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Hunger”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Hunger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• hunger (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German hunger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuŋa/
• Rhymes: -uŋa
• Syllabification: Hun‧ger

Noun

Hunger m

1. (uncountable) hunger (need for food)

   Ich hon Hunger ― I'm hungry (literally, “I have hunger”)

Derived terms

• hungre
• hungrich

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hunger, from Old Saxon hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. Compare High German Hunger, Dutch honger, English hunger, Swedish hunger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋːə(r)/

Noun

Hunger m (uncountable)

1. hunger

Derived terms

• Hungersnoot
• hungerig / hungrig

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• honger (Föhr-Amrum)
• hunger (Mooring)

Etymology

from Old Frisian hunger, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [ˈhʊŋɐ]

Noun

Hunger m

1. (Sylt) hunger