Zunge

See also: zunge

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German zunga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Germanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).

Non-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsʊŋə/

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Noun

Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n)

1. tongue (organ in the mouth)
2. tongue (flap in a shoe)

Derived terms

• (Compounds) Zungenbrecher, Zungenfehler, zungenförmig, Zungenkuss, Zungenlaut, Zungen-R, Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenrückenlaut, Zungenschlag, Zungenspitze, Zungenspitzenlaut, Zungenwurzel

Related terms

• Züngelchen
• -züngig
• Zünglein

Further reading

• “Zunge” in Duden online

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Pennsylvania German

Noun

Zunge

1. plural of Zung