Hunger

See also: hunger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Hun‧ger

Noun

Hunger m (strong, genitive Hungers, no plural)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of Hunger [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hunger
genitive	eines	des	Hungers
dative	einem	dem	Hunger
accusative	einen	den	Hunger

Derived terms

• hungrig
• Hungertuch, Hungersnot, Hungerwinter, Hungerhaken
• Bärenhunger, Löwenhunger, Mordshunger

See also

• Schmacht

Further reading

• “Hunger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hunger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hunger” in Duden online
• Hunger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Hunger”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hunger, from Old Saxon hungar, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. Compare High German Hunger, Dutch honger, English hunger, Swedish hunger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊŋːə(r)/

Noun

Hunger m (uncountable)

1. hunger

Derived terms

• Hungersnoot
• hungerig / hungrig

North Frisian

Etymology

from Old Frisian hunger, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hʊŋɐ̯/

Noun

Hunger c

1. (Sylt) hunger