gung

See also: güng and gừng

English

Noun

gung (plural gungs)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

See also

• gung ho (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• nugg

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German jung.

Adjective

gung

1. (Erzgebirgisch) young

   Gung un Alt passn net zamm, bei uns abr schu.

   Young and old don't go together, but they do with us.

Related terms

• Gung

Further reading

https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/g.gung_2.wort

Javanese

Alternative forms

• agung

Etymology

From Old Javanese guṅ.

Adjective

gung

1. (archaic) Alternative form of agung

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from gunga.

Noun

gung n

1. a smooth rocking or swinging back-and-forth motion

   Synonym: gungning

2. catchy rhythm (in music)

   Låten har skönt gung

   The song has a nice, groovy rhythm

Declension

Declension of gung
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gung	gunget	—	—
Genitive	gungs	gungets	—	—

References

• gung in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gung in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 弓 (MC kjuwng).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kuŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gung¹
• Hyphenation: gung

Noun

gung (1957–1982 spelling guŋ)

1. bow (weapon)