different between youngling vs yngling

English

Etymology

From Middle English youngling, ?ongelyng, ?ungling, from Old English ?eongling (“a youth”), from Proto-Germanic *jungalingaz, *jungilingaz (“young man, youngling”), equivalent to young +? -ling. Cognate with Dutch jongeling (“a youngster”), German Jüngling (“a youth”), Swedish yngling (“a youth, kid”), Icelandic unglingur (“teenager, youth”). More at young. Doublet of Yngling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??l??/

Adjective

youngling (comparative more youngling, superlative most youngling)

1. (archaic) young; youthful

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:young

Translations

Noun

youngling (plural younglings)

1. A young person, animal or plant; chit.
   • 1556, Nicholas Ridley, conference with Hugh Latimer

     He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you, as with us younglings.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:youngling (animal) or Thesaurus:child (human)

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??/

Noun

yngling (plural ynglings)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Yngling

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ynglingr, from Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ø?li?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

yngling c (singular definite ynglingen, plural indefinite ynglinge)

1. youngster
2. Misspelling of yndling.

Declension

Further reading

• “yngling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ynglingr, from Proto-Germanic *jungilingaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

yngling c

1. a young man; a youngster

Declension