Zunge
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).
Germanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).
Non-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n)
- tongue (organ in the mouth)
- tongue (flap in a shoe)
- (archaic) language
- Menschen anderer Zunge ― foreigners (literally, “people of another language”)
- in Zungen reden ― to speak in tongues
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- (Compounds) Zungenblüte, Zungenbrecher, Zungenfehler, zungenförmig, Zungenkuss, Zungenlaut, Zungen-R, Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenrückenlaut, Zungenschlag, Zungenspitze, Zungenspitzenlaut, Zungenwurzel
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Zunge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zunge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Zunge” in Duden online
Zunge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
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Zunge f
Pennsylvania German edit
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Zunge