Lunge

== 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 === Noun === Lunge f (genitive Lunge, plural Lungen) (physiology, anatomy) lung, lungs ==== Usage notes ==== The German singular may refer to a person’s left or right lung, or to both lungs collectively, although when referring to one individual lung, the compound Lungenflügel is preferred. Compare the same in Hüfte (“hip, hips”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Buchlunge eiserne Lunge Staublunge ==== Derived terms ==== lungengängig ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== lungern === Further reading === “Lunge”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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 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) lung === References === Piet Kramer (1961), “Lunge”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk)‎[2], Leeuwarden Marron C. Fort (2015), “Lunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN