jonk
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- jong (more recent variant, now widespread)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)
- (many dialects) young
- Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.
- He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.
Limburgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Alternative forms edit
- jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish)
- jong, jóng (widespread variant)
Adjective edit
jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)
- (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young
Etymology 2 edit
Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)
- (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy
Noun edit
jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)
- (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.
The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)
- young
- Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.
- I asked a young man who gave me directions.
Declension edit
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass jonk | si ass jonk | et ass jonk | si si(nn) jonk | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | jonken | jonk | jonkt | jonk |
independent without determiner | jonkes | jonker | |||
dative | after any declined word | jonken | jonker | jonken | jonken |
as first declined word | jonkem | jonkem |
Antonyms edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Descendants edit
- English: junk
References edit
- “jǒnk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “jǒnk, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
North Frisian edit
Pronoun edit
jonk
- objective case of jat
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps borrowed from English junk.
Noun edit
jonk n
Declension edit
Declension of jonk | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | jonk | jonket | — | — |
Genitive | jonks | jonkets | — | — |
Related terms edit
- jonkare (“heroinist”)
See also edit
References edit
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- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Limburgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
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- li:Male children
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oŋk
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- enm:Nautical
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