jonk

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From a dialectal pronunciation of Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔŋk/ === Adjective === jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste) young recent ==== Inflection ==== == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Adjective === jonk drunk == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === jong (more recent variant, now widespread) === Etymology === From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /joŋk/ === Adjective === jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste) (most dialects) young ==== Inflection ==== == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔŋk/ Homophone: Jonk Hyphenation: jonk Rhymes: -ɔŋk === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. ==== Alternative forms ==== jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish) joonk (Maastrichtian) jong, jóng (widespread variant) ==== Adjective ==== jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste) (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young Antonyms: aod, (Eupen) aut === Etymology 2 === Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Jonk (German-based spelling) jong (widespread variant) Jong (Eupen, Krefeld) ==== Noun ==== jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske) (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy ==== Noun ==== jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske) (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal. == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /joŋk/ Rhymes: -oŋk === Adjective === jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten) young ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== al == Middle English == === Alternative forms === jonke, jounke, joynk, junck, junk === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒunk/ === Noun === jonk (plural jonkes) (rare) (nautical) An old cable or rope. A rush (plant of the family Juncaceae) A rush basket. ==== Descendants ==== English: junk ==== References ==== “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. == North Frisian == === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian diunk, from Proto-Germanic *dinkwaz, variant of *dankwaz (“dark”). Compare with German dunkel. ==== Adjective ==== jonk (Föhr-Amrum) dark ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== junk (Sylt) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== jonk (Föhr-Amrum, obsolete) Object case of jat: you two == Swedish == === Etymology === Perhaps borrowed from English junk. === Noun === jonk n (slang) brown heroin ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== jonkare (“heroinist”) ==== See also ==== horse === References === Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang Slangopedia