Dschunke
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Etymology edit
From English junk or Portuguese junco or Dutch jonk (or reinforced), from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay or Javanese djong, variant of djung, from Old Javanese jong (“seagoing ship”), ultimately from Chinese 船 (chuán).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Dschunke f (genitive Dschunke, plural Dschunken)
- junk (Chinese sailing vessel)
Declension edit
Declension of Dschunke [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Dschunke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dschunke” in Duden online
- Dschunke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de