jonk

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jɔŋk/
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Adjective

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jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)

  1. young
  2. recent

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

Etymology

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From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)

  1. (most dialects) young
    Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.
    He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

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Limburgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

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Adjective

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jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)

  1. (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young
    Antonyms: aod, (Eupen) aut

Etymology 2

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Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (young).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)

  1. (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy

Noun

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jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)

  1. (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal.

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

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 *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)

  1. young
    Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.
    I asked a young man who gave me directions.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French jonc (rush), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.

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Noun

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jonk (plural jonkes) (rare)

  1. (nautical) An old cable or rope.
  2. A rush (plant of the family Juncaceae)
  3. A rush basket.

Descendants

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  • English: junk

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North Frisian

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Etymology 1

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From Old Frisian diunk, from Proto-Germanic *dinkwaz, variant of *dankwaz (dark). Compare with German dunkel.

Adjective

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jonk

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) dark
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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jonk

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, obsolete) Object case of jat: you two

Swedish

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Etymology

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Perhaps borrowed from English junk.

Noun

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jonk n

  1. (slang) brown heroin

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