Lunge

Etymology

From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: Lun‧ge

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Noun

Lunge f (genitive Lunge, plural Lungen)

1. (physiology, anatomy) lung, lungs

Further reading

• “Lunge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lunge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lunge” in Duden online
• Lunge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluŋə/

Noun

Lunge f

1. plural of Lung

Etymology

From Old Frisian lungen, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō. Cognates include West Frisian longe and English lung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
• Hyphenation: Lun‧ge
• Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Noun

Lunge f (plural Lungen)

1. lung

References

• Piet Kramer (1961) “Lunge”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk)‎, Leeuwarden
• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Lunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN