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hungrig

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Danish

Etymology

From hunger + -ig, from Old Danish hungrigh.

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) hungry

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

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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)
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  • Hyphenation: hung‧rig (standard)

Adjective

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

  1. hungry (desirous of food)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Adjective

hungrig

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of hungry

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

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

  1. hungry

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

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

  1. hungry

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (hungry); equivalent to hungor + -iġ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxun.ɡrij/, [ˈhuŋ.ɡrij]

Adjective

hungriġ

  1. hungry

Declension

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hungrogher, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungrigare, superlative hungrigast)

  1. hungry

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

References

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