among

English

Alternative forms

• amonge (archaic)
• amoung (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Compare dialectal German mang, Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”).

The raising of /ɔ/ ( → /ɒ/) to /u/ ( → /ʌ/) is regular between /m/ and /ŋ/; compare monger, mongrel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: a‧mong
• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Preposition

among

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

   How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

   He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

   Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

Usage notes

• For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
• Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

Synonyms

• amongst (variant of among)
• amidst
• amid

Derived terms

• among other things
• fall among
• first among equals
• honor among thieves
• honour among thieves
• man among men
• put the cat among the pigeons
• set the cat among the pigeons
• there is no honor among thieves
• woman among women

 

Translations

mingling or intermixing

• Afrikaans: tussen (af)
• Arabic: بَيْنَ‎ (ar) (bayna)

  Egyptian Arabic: بين‎ (bēn)

  Hijazi Arabic: بين‎ (bēn)

• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), միջև (hy) (miǰew)
• Asturian: ente (ast)
• Azerbaijani: arasında (az)
• Belarusian: сяро́д (sjaród), памі́ж (pamíž)
• Bengali: মাঝে (bn) (majhe)
• Bulgarian: сред (bg) (sred), между́ (bg) (meždú)
• Catalan: entre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 其中 (zh) (qízhōng), 之間／之间 (zh) (zhījiān)

• Czech: mezi (cs)
• Danish: mellem (da), blandt (da)
• Dutch: tussen (nl), onder (nl)
• Egyptian: (mm), (jmjtw)
• Esperanto: inter (eo)
• Finnish: joukossa (fi), keskellä (fi), seassa (fi)
• French: parmi (fr)

  Middle French: parmy, emmy

• Georgian: შორის (šoris)
• German: unter (de), zwischen (de)
• Greek: ανάμεσα (el) (anámesa)
• Haitian Creole: pami
• Hebrew: בְּתוֹךְ‎ (b'tokh)
• Hindi: के बीच में (ke bīc mẽ), में (hi) (mẽ)
• Hungarian: között (hu)
• Ido: inter (io)
• Indonesian: antara (id), di antara, dalam (id), di tengah
• Italian: tra (it), fra (it), in mezzo a
• Japanese: 中 (ja) (なか, naka), 間 (ja) (あいだ, aida)
• Khmer: នៅក្នុង (nɨv knoŋ), នៅក្នុងចំណោម (nɨv knoŋ cɑmnaom)
• Korean: 가운데에 (ko) (gaunde-e), 속에 (ko) (sog-e)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نێوان‎ (ku) (nêwan)

• Latin: inter
• Latvian: starp, vidū
• Low German:

  German Low German: mang (nds), mank

• Macedonian: меѓу (meǵu), помеѓу (pomeǵu)
• Malay: dalam kalangan
• Malayalam: ഇടയ്ക്ക് (ml) (iṭaykkŭ), ഇടയിൽ (ml) (iṭayil)
• Maltese: fost
• Mongolian: дунд (mn) (dund), дотор (mn) (dotor)
• Navajo: atah
• Norman: parmi
• Norwegian: blant (no), mellom (no)
• Old English: mid, betweox
• Old Saxon: gimang, an gimang
• Persian: در میان‎ (dar miyân-e)
• Polish: wśród (pl), pośród (pl), między (pl), pomiędzy (pl)
• Portuguese: entre (pt)
• Romanian: între (ro), printre (ro)
• Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí), средь (ru) (sredʹ) (+ genitive), ме́жду (ru) (méždu)
• Scots: amang
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: међу

  Roman: među

• Slovak: medzi
• Slovene: med (sl)
• Spanish: entre (es)
• Swahili: miongoni mwa
• Swedish: bland (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: сере́д (seréd), між (miž)
• Vietnamese: trong số
• Zazaki: myan

belonging to a group

• Arabic: مِنْ‎ (ar) (min)
• Finnish: kuulua (fi) (verb, to be among), joukossa (fi)
• German: untereinander (de)
• Malayalam: കൂട്ടത്തിൽ (kūṭṭattil), ഇടയിൽ (ml) (iṭayil)

See also

• between
• within

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma

Bikol Central

Etymology

From amo +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mong
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/

Noun

among

1. Alternative form of amo (“master, boss”).

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mong

Verb

among

1. To be made or become a collateral damage.
2. To implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
3. To drag in.

Ibatan

Etymology

Compare Yami among.

Noun

among

1. fish

Indonesian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɔŋ/
• Hyphenation: abo‧nê‧mèn
• Rhymes: -amɔŋ, -mɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ

Noun

among (plural among-among, first-person possessive amongku, second-person possessive amongmu, third-person possessive amongnya)

1. jewelry in coronation of odonafi

Further reading

• “among” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

among

1. party; banquet

Middle English

Alternative forms

• amang, amonkes, omang
• mang, mong

Etymology

From Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔnɡ/

Preposition

among

1. among

Adverb

among

1. among

Descendants

• English: among
• Scots: among
• Yola: amang, mang

References

• “among(es, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “among(es, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mong
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/, [ˈʔa.moŋ]

Noun

among

1. (vulgar, colloquial) priest

   Synonym: pari

2. (colloquial) boss; chief; master

Yami

Etymology

Compare Ibatan among.

Noun

among

1. fish