Lunge

See also: lunge and lungë

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: Lun‧ge

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Noun

Lunge f (genitive Lunge, plural Lungen)

1. (physiology, anatomy) lung, lungs

Usage notes

• The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right lung, or to both lungs collectively. Compare the same in Hüfte (“hip, hips”).

Declension

Declension of Lunge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lunge	die	Lungen
genitive	einer	der	Lunge	der	Lungen
dative	einer	der	Lunge	den	Lungen
accusative	eine	die	Lunge	die	Lungen

Derived terms

• auf Lunge
• Lungenader
• Lungenarterie
• Lungengläschen
• Lungenemphysem
• Lungenfisch
• Lungenfunktion
• lungengängig
• lungenkrank
• Lungenkrebs
• Lungenschlagader
• Lungentorpedo
• Lungenzug

Related terms

• lungern

Further reading

• “Lunge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lunge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lunge” in Duden online
• Lunge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluŋə/

Noun

Lunge f

1. plural of Lung

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian lungen, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō. Cognates include West Frisian longe and English lung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: Lun‧ge
• Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Noun

Lunge f (plural Lungen)

1. lung

References

• Piet Kramer (1961), “Lunge”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk), Leeuwarden
• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Lunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN