dunge

See also: dungë, Dunge, and dünge

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dunge

1. alternative form of donge (“dung”)

Etymology 2

Noun

dunge

1. alternative form of donge (“Hell”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dʊnjə/, /²dʊŋːə/

Noun

dunge m (definite singular dungen, indefinite plural dungar, definite plural dungane)

1. heap (pile)

Synonyms

• dyngje

References

• “dunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Probably to Proto-Germanic *dungō? Related to dynga, Old Swedish dyngia, Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²dɵŋə]

Noun

dunge c

1. a grove; a smallish collection of trees

Declension

Declension of dunge

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dunge	dunges
	definite	dungen	dungens
plural	indefinite	dungar	dungars
	definite	dungarna	dungarnas

Derived terms

• skogsdunge

References

• “dunge”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dunge”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dunge”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• dunge in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• guden