hungern

German

Etymology

From Hunger (“hunger”).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋəʁn/, [ˈhʊŋɐn]
  • Hyphenation: hun‧gern

Verb

hungern (weak, third-person singular present hungert, past tense hungerte, past participle gehungert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, with nach + dative) to hunger, to starve (for)
    Er hungert offensichtlich nach erwachsener Aufmerksamkeit, und bekommt es zuhause nicht.
    He's obviously starving for adult attention, and he's not getting it at home.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “hungern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “hungern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “hungern” in Duden online
  • “hungern” in OpenThesaurus.de

Swedish

Noun

hungern

  1. definite singular of hunger
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