lunken

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ljunken, from Old Norse *ljumka, *lumka (“to warm”), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwanōną (“to make warm”), *hleumaz, *hlūmaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Swedish lionkin (“lukewarm”), Old Swedish liumber (“warm, mild, tepid”), Swedish dialectal lumma (“to be hot”), Old Saxon halōian (“to burn”). See lukewarm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lonɡkən/, [ˈlɔŋɡ̊ən]

Adjective

lunken

  1. lukewarm, tepid
  2. half-hearted

Inflection

Inflection of lunken
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular lunken — —2
indefinite neuter singular lunkent — —2
plural lunkne — —2
definite attributive1 lunkne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb lunke.

Adjective

lunken (neuter singular lunkent, definite singular and plural lunkne)

  1. lukewarm, tepid

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb lunke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lʊŋkɛn/

Adjective

lunken (neuter singular lunke or lunkent, definite singular and plural lunkne)

  1. lukewarm, tepid

Synonyms

References

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