# jung
## English
### Noun

jung (plural jungs)
* Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”)

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* jungu, jungà, junhs, jòng

### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

### Adjective

jung
* (Carcoforo) young

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* djung, junk

### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

### Adjective

jung (comparative jüngor, superlative dar jüngorste)
* (Sette Comuni) young

#### Derived terms

* dorjùngaran

#### Related terms

* jüngaran
* junghekhot

### References

* “jung” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Compare Dutch jong, English young, Danish ung.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jʊŋ(k)/
* Audio:(file)
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* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adjective

jung (strong nominative masculine singular junger, comparative jünger, superlative am jüngsten)
* young
    Antonym: alt
    Der Junge ist jung. ― The boy is young.

#### Declension

* Colloquial, the neuter can also be junget besides junges, especially in Berlinian and Ruhrpottisch.

#### Derived terms

* Jungbrunnen
* Jungengesicht
* Jungfrau
* Junggeselle
* Jüngling
* jüngst
* jüngstens
* Jüngster Tag
* Jüngstes Gericht
* Jungtier
* verjüngen

#### Related terms

* Junge
* Jünger
* Jungfer

### Further reading

* “jung” in Duden online
* “jung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈd͡ʒʊŋ]
* Hyphenation: jung

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay jong, from possibly either:
* Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong, “ship”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”)
* Hokkien 船 (chûn, “ship; watercraft; vessel”) or Teochew 船 (zung$^5$, “ship; watercraft; vessel”)
See also cunia.

#### Noun

jung (uncountable)
* junk: a Chinese sailing vessel.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

jung (uncountable)
* (history) a unit of land area measurement equals 28,386 m² or four bau.

### Further reading

* “jung” 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.

## Iu Mien
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-roŋ, from Chinese 龍 (OC *[mə]-roŋ) (B-S). Cognate with White Hmong zaj and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ronf.

### Noun

jung
* dragon

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *yuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-yuw (“rat, rabbit, hare”). Doublet of bäjö. Cognates include Burmese ယုန် (yun) and S'gaw Karen ယုၢ် (yu̱).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jũ˩/

### Noun

jung
* rabbit

### References

* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 45

## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Compare German jung, Dutch jong, English young, Danish ung.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jʊŋk/

### Adjective

jung (comparative jünger, superlative jüngst)
* young

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Adjective

jung
* (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of yong

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Cognate with German jung, English young.

### Adjective

jung
* young

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Old High German
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

jung
* young

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: junc
** Alemannic German: jung, jungu, jungà, junhs, jòng
** Bavarian: junk
    Cimbrian: jung, djung, junk
    Mòcheno: jung
** Central Franconian: jonk
    Hunsrik: jung
    Luxembourgish: jonk
** German: jung
** Pennsylvania German: jung
** Vilamovian: jung
** Yiddish: יונג (yung)

### References

* Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208. →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* giung

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, contracted form of an earlier *juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yuwn̥kós from *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old English ġeong, Dutch jong, Middle High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin iuvencus (“young bull”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Russian юный (junyj, “youthful”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /junɡ/

### Adjective

jung (comparative jungoro, superlative jungost)
* young

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: junc
** Low German: jung
** → Polabian: jungĕ

#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

From Middle High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, contracted form of an earlier *juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yuwn̥kós from *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old English ġeong, Dutch jong, Old High German jung (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs); and with Latin iuvencus (“young bull”), Old Irish oac (“young”), Russian юный (junyj, “youthful”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

jung
* young

#### Antonyms

* aołd