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hunger
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h????/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: hun?ger
Etymology 1
From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).
Noun
hunger (countable and uncountable, plural hungers)
- A need or compelling desire for food.
- (by extension) Any strong desire.
- I have a hunger to win.
Usage notes
The phrase be hungry is more common than have hunger to express a need for food.
Antonyms
- satiety
- satiation
Derived terms
- hunger is the best spice
- hungerless
- hunger stone
Translations
See also
- thirst
Etymology 2
From Old English hyngran, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijan?.
Verb
hunger (third-person singular simple present hungers, present participle hungering, simple past and past participle hungered)
- (intransitive) To be in need of food.
- (figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- 1993, The The, Love Is Stronger Than Death
- In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
- 1993, The The, Love Is Stronger Than Death
- (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
Derived terms
- ahungered/anhungered
Translations
References
- hunger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rehung
Danish
Noun
hunger
- (uncommon) hunger
Declension
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
German
Verb
hunger
- inflection of hungern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) hunngerr, hungor, hungær
- hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur
Etymology
From Old English hungor, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hun??r/, [?hu???r]
Noun
hunger (uncountable)
- Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation.
- Hunger; a great lack or death of food or nutrition.
- A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger.
- Hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger.
- (rare) Any strong drive or compulsion.
Derived terms
- hungren
- hungry
- hungrylych
Descendants
- English: hunger
- Scots: hounger, hunger
References
- “hunger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-19.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren, uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren) (uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- svolt
Derived terms
- hungersnaud, hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hunger c (uncountable)
- hunger
Declension
See also
- hungrig
- hungra
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hunker
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??k?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??k?/
- Rhymes: -??k?(?)
Etymology 1
Originally Scottish. Origin uncertain, but probably of Germanic origin, perhaps *hunk- a nasalised variant of *huk- (compare Scots hoonk, hounk, variants of huk, hok (“to squat, crouch”); Scots hocker (“to crouch down, hunker”)), all of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse huka (“to crouch”), from Proto-Germanic *h?kan- (“to squat”), from *h?kkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)?n-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh?, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of high).
Probable cognates include Old Norse húka, Dutch huiken, and German hocken.
Verb
hunker (third-person singular simple present hunkers, present participle hunkering, simple past and past participle hunkered)
- (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
Synonyms
- (crouch, squat or lie): crouch, squat, lie
Derived terms
- hunkers
- hunker down
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
hunker (plural hunkers)
- (dated) A political conservative.
See also
- hunkers
References
Anagrams
- Ruhnke
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??k?r
Verb
hunker
- first-person singular present indicative of hunkeren
- imperative of hunkeren
Anagrams
- hurken
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