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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
Verb
lungern (weak, third-person singular present lungert, past tense lungerte, past participle gelungert, auxiliary haben)
- to hang around
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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