hunger

== English == === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋɡə/, [ˈhʌŋɡə] (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋɡə/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhɐŋɡə/, [ˈhɐ̞ŋɡə] (rhotic) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/, [ˈhʌŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈhʌŋɡɹ̩] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋɡəɾ/ Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ) Hyphenation: hun‧ger === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Faroese and Icelandic hungur (“hunger”). ==== Noun ==== hunger (countable and uncountable, plural hungers) A need or compelling desire for food. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hungry (by extension) Any strong desire or need. ===== Usage notes ===== The phrase be hungry is more common than have hunger to express a need for food. ===== Antonyms ===== satiety satiation ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hungren, from Old English hyngran, hyngrian, ġehyngrian (“to be hungry”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungrijan, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijaną. ==== Verb ==== hunger (third-person singular simple present hungers, present participle hungering, simple past and past participle hungered) (intransitive) To be in need of food. (figuratively, intransitive) To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn. [(usually) with for or after] (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “hunger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === rehung == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hungr. === Noun === hunger c (singular definite hungeren, not used in plural form) (dated, occasionally humorous) hunger Synonym: sult (figurative) a strong urge; a longing (for something) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hungre hungrig === References === “hunger” in Den Danske Ordbog == German == === Verb === hunger inflection of hungern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur hungær, hungor, hunnꟑerr (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English hungor, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhunɡər/, [ˈhuŋɡər] === Noun === hunger (uncountable) hungriness (the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation) hunger (a great lack or death of food or nutrition) A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger. hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger (rare) any strong drive or compulsion ==== Derived terms ==== hungren hungry hungrylych ==== Descendants ==== English: hunger Scots: hounger, hunger ==== References ==== “hunger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 September 2018. == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German hungar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhunɡər/ === Noun === hunger m famine hunger (need for food) (figurative) hunger (strong desire) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Hunger Luxembourgish: Honger Cimbrian: hungar, hummar (Luserna) German: Hunger Yiddish: הונגער (hunger) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “hunger”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “hunger”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 3rd edition == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === honger (Föhr-Amrum) Hunger (Sylt) === Etymology === from Old Frisian hunger, from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz. === Noun === hunger m (Mooring) hunger == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz. === Noun === hunger m (definite singular hungeren, uncountable) hunger ==== Synonyms ==== sult ==== Derived terms ==== hungersnød (“famine”) ==== Related terms ==== hungrig === References === “hunger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse hungr. === Noun === hunger m (definite singular hungeren) (uncountable) hunger ==== Synonyms ==== svolt ==== Derived terms ==== hungersnaud, hungersnød ==== Related terms ==== hungrig === References === “hunger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hunger c (uncountable) hunger ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lufthunger ==== Related terms ==== hungrig (“hungry”) hungra (“to hunger”) === See also === törst (“thirst”) === References === “hunger”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hunger”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hunger”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)