hungrig

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (hungry), equivalent to Hunger + -ig. Compare Dutch hongerig, English hungry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪç/ (regional, less common)

Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungriger, superlative am hungrigsten)

  1. hungry (desirous of food)

Usage notes

  • The commoner German expression for “I’m hungry” is ich habe Hunger rather than ich bin hungrig, though the latter is also possible.

Declension

Further reading


Middle English

Adjective

hungrig

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hungry

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

hungrig (neuter singular hungrig, definite singular and plural hungrige)

  1. hungry

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

hungrig (neuter singular hungrig, definite singular and plural hungrige)

  1. hungry

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɵŋˌrɪɡ/
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Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungrigare, superlative hungrigast)

  1. hungry

Declension

Inflection of hungrig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hungrig hungrigare hungrigast
Neuter singular hungrigt hungrigare hungrigast
Plural hungriga hungrigare hungrigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hungrige hungrigare hungrigaste
All hungriga hungrigare hungrigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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