# jonk
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔŋk/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)
* young
* recent

#### Inflection
## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /joŋk/

### Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)
* (most dialects) young
    Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

#### Inflection
## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɔŋk/
* Homophone: Jonk
* Hyphenation: jonk
* Rhymes: -ɔŋk

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish)
** joonk (Maastrichtian)
* jong, jóng (widespread variant)

#### Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)
* (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young
    Antonyms: aod, (Eupen) aut

### Etymology 2

Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”).

#### Alternative forms

* Jonk (German-based spelling)
* jong (widespread variant)
** Jong (Eupen, Krefeld)

#### Noun

jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)
* (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy

#### Noun

jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)
* (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal.

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.
The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /joŋk/
* Rhymes: -oŋk

### Adjective

jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)
* young
    Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.I asked a young man who gave me directions.

#### Antonyms

* al

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* jonke, jounke, joynk, junck, junk

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒunk/

### Noun

jonk (plural jonkes) (rare)
* (nautical) An old cable or rope.
* A rush (plant of the family Juncaceae)
* A rush basket.

#### Descendants

* English: junk

#### References

* “jǒnk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* “jǒnk, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Old Frisian diunk, from Proto-Germanic *dinkwaz, variant of *dankwaz (“dark”). Compare with German dunkel.

#### Adjective

jonk
* (Föhr-Amrum) dark

##### Alternative forms

* junk (Sylt)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

jonk
* (Föhr-Amrum, obsolete) Object case of jat: you two

## Swedish
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from English junk.

### Noun

jonk n
* (slang) brown heroin

#### Related terms

* jonkare (“heroinist”)

#### See also

* horse

### References

* Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang
* Slangopedia