jonk

From a dialectal pronunciation of Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/

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jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)

1. young
2. recent

• jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)

1. (most dialects) young

   Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.

   He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/
• Homophone: Jonk
• Hyphenation: jonk
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

• jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish)
  • joonk (Maastrichtian)
• jong, jóng (widespread variant)

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)

1. (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young

   Antonyms: aod, (Eupen) aut

Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”).

• Jonk (German-based spelling)
• jong (widespread variant)
  • Jong (Eupen, Krefeld)

jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)

1. (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy

jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)

1. (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal.

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/
• Rhymes: -oŋk

jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)

1. young

   Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.

   I asked a young man who gave me directions.

• al

• jonke, jounke, joynk, junck, junk

Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒunk/

jonk (plural jonkes) (rare)

1. (nautical) An old cable or rope.
2. A rush (plant of the family Juncaceae)
3. A rush basket.

• English: junk

• “jǒnk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “jǒnk, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Frisian diunk, from Proto-Germanic *dinkwaz, variant of *dankwaz (“dark”). Compare with German dunkel.

jonk

1. (Föhr-Amrum) dark

• junk (Sylt)

jonk

1. (Föhr-Amrum, obsolete) Object case of jat: you two

Perhaps borrowed from English junk.

jonk n

1. (slang) brown heroin

• jonkare (“heroinist”)

• horse

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang
• Slangopedia