# among
## English
### Alternative forms

* amonge (archaic)
* amoung (obsolete)

### Etymology

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: /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧mong
* Rhymes: -ʌŋ

### Preposition

among
* 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?
* 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.
* 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

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)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽 (in)
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, under
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 :

#### See also

* between
* within

### Anagrams

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

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From amo +‎ -ng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔamoŋ/ [ˈʔa.moŋ]
* Hyphenation: a‧mong

### Noun

among (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔)
* Alternative form of amo (“master; boss”)

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧mong

### Verb

among
* to be made or become a collateral damage
* to implicate; to connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something
* to drag in

## Ibatan
### Etymology

Compare Yami among.

### Noun

among
* fish

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔa.mɔŋ/
* Rhymes: -mɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ
* Hyphenation: a‧mong

### Noun

among
* 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
* Romanization of ꦲꦩꦺꦴꦁ

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Noun

among
* party; banquet

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* amang, amonkes, omang
* mang, mong

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmɔnɡ/

### Preposition

among
* among

### Adverb

among
* 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: /ˈʔamoŋ/ [ˈʔaː.moŋ]
* Rhymes: -amoŋ
* Syllabification: a‧mong

### Noun

among (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔) (colloquial)
* priest
    Synonym: pari
* boss; chief; master

### Anagrams

* Magno, maong

## Yami
### Etymology

Compare Ibatan among.

### Noun

among
* fish