jonger

Afrikaans

Adjective

jonger

1. comparative degree of jonk

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋər

Adjective

jonger

1. comparative degree of jong

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• jonge

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch jonger (“boy”), variant of jongen (also jong). Derived from the comparative jonger (“younger”), cf. standard Dutch jongere (“youth, adolescent”). The plural jongers also appears in Dutch dialects with singular jong(en) by analogy with kind > kinders etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔŋ.ər/

Noun

jonger (plural jongers)

1. boy, male kid, son
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]

     A man had two sons. […]

Luxembourgish

Adjective

jonger

1. feminine dative of jong