among

English

Alternative forms

• amonge (archaic)
• amoung (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English on

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-West Germanic *ga-

Old English ġe-

Old English mang

Old English ġemang

Old English onġemang

Old English amang

Middle English among

English among

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”), West Frisian mank (“among”), Dutch mank, maank (“among”), German Low German mank, manken (“among”), dialectal German mang (“among”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: a‧mong
• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Preposition

among

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

   How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.

   He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.

   Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

Usage notes

• For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
• Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

Synonyms

• amongst (variant of among, slightly dated)
• amidst
• amid

Derived terms

• among other things
• fall among
• first among equals
• hereamong
• honor among thieves
• honour among thieves
• man among men
• put the cat among the pigeons
• set the cat among the pigeons
• thereamong
• there is no honor among thieves
• whereamong
• woman among women

 

Translations

mingling or intermixing

Afrikaans: tussen (af) Arabic: بَيْنَ (ar) (bayna) Egyptian Arabic: بين (bēn) Hijazi Arabic: بين (bēn) Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), միջև (hy) (miǰew) Asturian: ente (ast) Azerbaijani: arasında (az) Belarusian: сяро́д (sjaród), памі́ж (pamíž) Bengali: মাঝে (bn) (majhe) Bulgarian: сред (bg) (sred), между́ (bg) (meždú) Catalan: entre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 其中 (zh) (qízhōng), 之間／之间 (zh) (zhījiān) Czech: mezi (cs) Danish: mellem (da), blandt (da) Dutch: tussen (nl), onder (nl) Egyptian: (mm), (jmjtw) Esperanto: inter (eo) Finnish: joukossa (fi), keskellä (fi), seassa (fi) French: parmi (fr) Middle French: parmy, emmy Georgian: შორის (šoris) German: unter (de), zwischen (de) Greek: ανάμεσα (el) (anámesa) Haitian Creole: pami Hebrew: בְּתוֹךְ (b'tokh) Hindi: के बीच में (ke bīc mẽ), में (hi) (mẽ) Hungarian: között (hu) Ido: inter (io) Indonesian: antara (id), di antara, dalam (id), di tengah Italian: tra (it), fra (it), in mezzo a Japanese: 中 (ja) (なか, naka), 間 (ja) (あいだ, aida) Judeo-Italian: אֵינְפֵֿירַה (ʾenəp̄erah /⁠enfera⁠/) Khmer: នៅក្នុង (nɨv knoŋ), នៅក្នុងចំណោម (nɨv knoŋ cɑmnaom) Korean: 가운데에 (ko) (gaunde-e), 속에 (ko) (sog-e) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نێوان (nêwan) Latin: inter (la) Latvian: starp, vidū Low German: German Low German: mang (nds), mank Macedonian: меѓу (meǵu), помеѓу (pomeǵu) Malay: dalam kalangan Malayalam: ഇടയ്ക്ക് (ml) (iṭaykkŭ), ഇടയിൽ (ml) (iṭayil) Maltese: fost Mongolian: дунд (mn) (dund), дотор (mn) (dotor) Navajo: atah Norman: parmi Norwegian: blant (no), mellom (no) Old English: mid, betweox Old Saxon: gimang, an gimang Persian: در میان (dar miyân-e) Polish: wśród (pl), pośród (pl), między (pl), pomiędzy (pl) Portuguese: entre (pt) Romanian: între (ro), printre (ro) Russian: среди́ (ru) (sredí), средь (ru) (sredʹ) (+ genitive), ме́жду (ru) (méždu) Scots: amang Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: међу Roman: među Slovak: medzi Slovene: med (sl) Spanish: entre (es) Swahili: miongoni mwa Swedish: bland (sv) Thai: ท่ามกลาง (th) (tâam-glaang) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: сере́д (seréd), між (miž) Vietnamese: trong số Zazaki: myan, nabên, mabên

belonging to a group

Arabic: مِنْ (ar) (min) Finnish: kuulua (fi) (verb, to be among), joukossa (fi) German: untereinander (de) Malayalam: കൂട്ടത്തിൽ (kūṭṭattil), ഇടയിൽ (ml) (iṭayil) Zazaki: het (diq)

See also

• between
• within

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma

Bikol Central

Etymology

From amo +‎ -ng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/ [ˈʔa.moŋ]
• Hyphenation: a‧mong

Noun

among (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔)

1. Alternative form of amo (“master; boss”)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mong

Verb

among

1. to be made or become a collateral damage
2. to implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something
3. to drag in

Ibatan

Etymology

Compare Yami among.

Noun

among

1. fish

Indonesian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.mɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -mɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧mong

Noun

among

1. jewelry in coronation of odonafi

Further reading

• “among” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

among

1. Romanization of ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦁ

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

among

1. party; banquet

Middle English

Alternative forms

• amang, amonkes, omang
• mang, mong

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English on

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-West Germanic *ga-

Old English ġe-

Old English mang

Old English ġemang

Old English onġemang

Old English amang

Middle English among

From Old English amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔnɡ/

Preposition

among

1. among

Adverb

among

1. among

Descendants

• English: among
• Geordie English: amang
• Scots: amang
• Yola: amang, mang (aphetic)

References

• “among(es, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “among(es, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔamoŋ/ [ˈʔaː.moŋ]
• Rhymes: -amoŋ
• Syllabification: a‧mong

Noun

among (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔) (colloquial)

1. priest

   Synonym: pari

2. boss; chief; master

Anagrams

• Magno, maong

Yami

Etymology

Compare Ibatan among.

Noun

among

1. fish