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lungern

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Etymology

From an earlier term meaning to "lurk, lie in wait for an opportunity", from Middle High German lunger (greedy, active, brisk, quick), from Old High German lungar (quick, easy), from Proto-West Germanic *lungur, from Proto-Germanic *lunguraz (quick, vigorous, strong). Alternatively from Middle Low German lungeren (to eagerly lie in wait for, long for) (compare Middle Low German lunger (desire, lust, longing)), from Old Saxon lungar (strong), from the same origin.

Cognate with Old English lungre (quickly, at once, speedily, immediately).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊŋɐn/
  • Hyphenation: lun‧gern
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Verb

lungern (weak, third-person singular present lungert, past tense lungerte, past participle gelungert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to hang around

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information perfect, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lungern” in Duden online
  • lungern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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