Lunge

See also: lunge and lungë

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
  • Hyphenation: Lun‧ge
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Lunge f (genitive Lunge, plural Lungen)

  1. (physiology, anatomy) lung, lungs

Usage notes

  • The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right lung, or to both lungs collectively. Compare the same in Hüfte (“hip, hips”).

Declension

Declension of Lunge [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Lunge die Lungen
genitive einer der Lunge der Lungen
dative einer der Lunge den Lungen
accusative eine die Lunge die Lungen

Hyponyms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Lunge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lunge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Lunge” in Duden online
  • Lunge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluŋə/

Noun

Lunge f

  1. plural of Lung

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian lungen, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō. Cognates include West Frisian longe and English lung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
  • Hyphenation: Lun‧ge
  • Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Noun

Lunge f (plural Lungen)

  1. lung

References

  • Piet Kramer (1961) “Lunge”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk)‎[1], Leeuwarden
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Lunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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