Dung
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Vietnamese Dung.
Proper noun
Dung
- A female given name from Vietnamese.
Etymology 2
From Vietnamese Dũng.
Proper noun
Dung
- A male given name from Vietnamese.
Usage notes
To avoid the undesirable homograph dung, some Overseas Vietnamese individuals prefer to instead style their given name as Dzung or Yung, emphasizing the northern Vietnamese or southern Vietnamese pronunciation, respectively.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German tunc, tunge, from Old High German tung, tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
The word also meant in High German—and it seems exclusively in Low German (compare Old Saxon dung)—a dwelling or storage room (originally under the earth and covered with dung), from Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”); also compare *dungijǭ (“dung-hill, dung-heap; bower”). The modern consonantism is of regional origin (see düngen). Cognate to English dung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊŋ/
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Noun
Dung m (strong, genitive Dunges or Dungs, no plural)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Dung” in Duden online
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 容.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- Homophones: dung, giun, vun, vung
Proper noun
Dung
- a female given name from Chinese