hungern

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German

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Etymology

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From Hunger (hunger).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to hunger, to starve [with nach (+ dative) ‘for something’]
    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

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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Noun

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hungern

  1. definite singular of hunger