honger

See also: Honger

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.ŋər/

Etymology 1

From Dutch honger, from Middle Dutch honger, from Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Noun

honger (uncountable)

1. hunger

Adjective

honger (attributive honger, not comparable)

1. hungry

Etymology 2

From Dutch hongeren (“to (suffer) hunger; to desire strongly”), from Middle Dutch hongeren, from Old Dutch hungeren.

Verb

honger (present honger, present participle hongerende, past participle gehonger)

1. (intransitive, figurative) to desire strongly, to hunger [+ na (for/after)]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.ŋər/

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• Hyphenation: hon‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɔŋər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch honger, from Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Noun

honger m (uncountable)

1. hunger

Derived terms

• hongerhormoon
• hongerig
• hongerloon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: honger

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

honger

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of hongeren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of hongeren

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Noun

honger m

1. hunger
2. famine

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: honger
  • Afrikaans: honger
• Limburgish: hónger

Further reading

• “honger”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “honger (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Noun

honger

1. Alternative form of hunger

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Noun

1. Hunger.

   ję hæ da lidi a hongråm

   I have suffered from hunger

Verb

1. To hunger.