hunger

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋɡə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/ 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”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”). ==== Noun ==== hunger (countable and uncountable, plural hungers) A need or compelling desire for food. (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 ==== thirst === 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, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn. (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish. ===== Derived terms ===== ahungered/anhungered forhungered ===== 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 === Further reading === “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 (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)