hungrig

Danish

Etymology

From hunger +‎ -ig, from Old Danish hungrigh.

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) hungry

Inflection

Inflection of hungrig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular hungrig 2
indefinite neuter singular hungrigt 2
plural hungrige 2
definite attributive1 hungrige

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hungragaz, *hungrugaz (hungry). By surface analysis, Hunger +‎ -ig. Compare Dutch hongerig, English hungry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪç/, /ˈhʊŋ.ɡʁɪk/ (regional, less common)
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  • Hyphenation: hung‧rig (standard)

Adjective

hungrig (strong nominative masculine singular hungriger, comparative hungriger, superlative am hungrigsten)

  1. hungry (desirous of food)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Further reading

  • hungrig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hungrig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • hungrig” in Duden online

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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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (hungry); equivalent to hungor +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxun.ɡrij/, [ˈhuŋ.ɡrij]

Adjective

hungriġ

  1. hungry

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hungrogher, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɵŋˌrɪ(ɡ)/
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Adjective

hungrig (comparative hungrigare, superlative hungrigast)

  1. hungry

Declension

Inflection of hungrig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hungrig hungrigare hungrigast
neuter singular hungrigt hungrigare hungrigast
plural hungriga hungrigare hungrigast
masculine plural2 hungrige hungrigare hungrigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hungrige hungrigare hungrigaste
all hungriga hungrigare hungrigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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