See also: Lenge, leŋge, and lëngë

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From leng (to swing, sway) +‎ -e (obsolete participle suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛŋɡɛ]
  • Hyphenation: len‧ge
  • Rhymes: -ɡɛ

Adjective

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lenge (comparative lengébb, superlative leglengébb)

  1. airy, flimsy, gossamer, gauzy, tenuous, insubstantial, ethereal

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lenge lengék
accusative lengét lengéket
dative lengének lengéknek
instrumental lengével lengékkel
causal-final lengéért lengékért
translative lengévé lengékké
terminative lengéig lengékig
essive-formal lengeként lengékként
essive-modal
inessive lengében lengékben
superessive lengén lengéken
adessive lengénél lengéknél
illative lengébe lengékbe
sublative lengére lengékre
allative lengéhez lengékhez
elative lengéből lengékből
delative lengéről lengékről
ablative lengétől lengéktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lengéé lengéké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lengééi lengékéi

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ lenge in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • lenge in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

  1. long, for a long time
    for lenge - for long, too long
    for lenge siden - a long time ago
    lenge (som) - as long as

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²lɛnʝə/, /²lɛŋɡə/, /²lɛŋːə/

Adverb

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lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

  1. for long
    No har me vore her lenge.
    We have been here for long now.

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlen.je/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒe]

Noun

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lenġe

  1. inflection of lenġu:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular