hungrig

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (“hungry”), equivalent to Hunger +‎ -ig. Compare Dutch hongerig, English hungry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪç/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪç/, /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪk/ (regional, less common)
• Hyphenation: hung‧rig (standard)

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Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungriger, superlative am hungrigsten)

1. hungry (desirous of food)

Usage notes

• The commoner German expression for “I’m hungry” is ich habe Hunger rather than ich bin hungrig, though the latter is also possible.

Further reading

• “hungrig” in Duden online

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Middle English

Adjective

hungrig

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hungry

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

hungrig (neuter singular hungrig, definite singular and plural hungrige)

1. hungry

Synonyms

• sulten

Related terms

• hunger

References

• “hungrig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

hungrig (neuter singular hungrig, definite singular and plural hungrige)

1. hungry

Synonyms

• svolten

Related terms

• hunger

References

• “hungrig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɵŋˌrɪɡ/

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Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungrigare, superlative hungrigast)

1. hungry

Declension

Inflection of hungrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hungrig	hungrigare	hungrigast
Neuter singular	hungrigt	hungrigare	hungrigast
Plural	hungriga	hungrigare	hungrigast
Masculine plural3	hungrige	hungrigare	hungrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hungrige	hungrigare	hungrigaste
All	hungriga	hungrigare	hungrigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic