lenge

See also: Lenge, lénge, leŋge, lēnge, and lëngë

Hungarian

Etymology

From leng (“to swing, sway”) +‎ -e (obsolete participle suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛŋɡɛ]
• Hyphenation: len‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɡɛ

Adjective

lenge (comparative lengébb, superlative leglengébb)

1. airy, flimsy, gossamer, gauzy, tenuous, insubstantial, ethereal

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	lenge	lengék
accusative	lengét	lengéket
dative	lengének	lengéknek
instrumental	lengével	lengékkel
causal-final	lengéért	lengékért
translative	lengévé	lengékké
terminative	lengéig	lengékig
essive-formal	lengeként	lengékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lengében	lengékben
superessive	lengén	lengéken
adessive	lengénél	lengéknél
illative	lengébe	lengékbe
sublative	lengére	lengékre
allative	lengéhez	lengékhez
elative	lengéből	lengékből
delative	lengéről	lengékről
ablative	lengétől	lengéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	lengéé	lengéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	lengééi	lengékéi

Derived terms

• lengeség
• lengén

Further reading

• lenge in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Middle French leynge or its etymon Middle Dutch *lenge, ultimately identical or related to lenge (“length”); compare long.

Alternative forms

• leeng, lyng, lynge
• leng, leyng, ling (Northern); leenge (Promptorium Parvulorum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːnɡ(ə)/, /ˈlinɡ(ə)/

Noun

lenge (plural lenges)

1. ling (fish of the genus Molva, especially Molva molva)

Descendants

• English: ling
• Middle Scots: leing, ling
  • Scots: ling

References

• “lē̆ng(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English lenġu, from Proto-West Germanic *langī, from Proto-Germanic *langį̄.

Alternative forms

• længe (Early Middle English, Essex)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

lenge (uncountable) (rare)

1. Duration; length of time.
2. Length; linear distance.

References

• “lē̆ng(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Standard East Norwegian):

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Adverb

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

1. long, for a long time

   for lenge - for long, too long

   for lenge siden - a long time ago

   så lenge (som) - as long as

References

• “lenge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɛnʝə/, /²lɛŋɡə/, /²lɛŋːə/

Adverb

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

1. for long

   No har me vore her lenge.

   We have been here for long now.

References

• “lenge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlen.je/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒe]

Noun

lenġe

1. inflection of lenġu:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular