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honger

See also: Honger

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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honger (uncountable)

  1. hunger

Adjective

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honger (attributive honger, not comparable)

  1. hungry

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.ŋər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hon‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋər

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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honger m (uncountable)

  1. hunger
    Mijn buik rammelt van de honger. ― My stomach is growling of hunger.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: honger
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hungru
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: hunger
  • →? Sranan Tongo: angri, hangri

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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honger

  1. inflection of hongeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr.

Noun

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honger m

  1. hunger
  2. famine
Inflection
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See onger.

Noun

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honger m

  1. Alternative form of onger

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Middle English

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Noun

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honger

  1. Alternative form of hunger
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