hungrig

Danish

Adjective

hungrig (neuter hungrigt, plural and definite singular attributive hungrige)

  1. (archaic) hungry

Inflection

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Further reading

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (hungry). By surface analysis, Hunger + -ig. Compare Dutch hongerig, English hungry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪç/, /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪk/ (regional, less common)
  • Hyphenation: hung‧rig (standard)
  • (file)

Adjective

hungrig (strong nominative masculine singular hungriger, comparative hungriger, superlative am hungrigsten)

  1. hungry (desirous of food)

Usage notes

  • The commoner German expression for “I’m hungry” is ich habe Hunger rather than ich bin hungrig, though the latter is also possible.

Declension

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Further reading

  • hungrig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hungrig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hungrig” in Duden online

Middle English

Adjective

hungrig

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hungry

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

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  1. hungry

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. hungry

Synonyms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hungrogher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɵŋˌrɪ(ɡ)/
  • (file)

Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungrigare, superlative hungrigast)

  1. hungry

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

References

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