jonk
See also: Jonk
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch jong, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔŋk/
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- jong (more recent variant, now widespread)
Etymology
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joŋk/
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. 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 *laank), -k has sometimes been generalized after short vowels.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joŋk/
- Rhymes: -oŋk
Adjective
jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk, superlative am jéngsten or am jénksten)
- young
- Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.
- I asked a young man who gave me directions.
Declension
declension of jonk
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass jonk | si ass jonk | et ass jonk | si si(nn) jonk | |
without article | nominative/accusative | jonken | jonk | jonkt | jonk |
dative | jonkem | jonker | jonkem | jonken | |
with article | nominative/accusative | jonken | jonk | jonkt | jonk |
dative | jonken | jonker | jonken | jonken |
North Frisian
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