hunger
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”).
Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Faroese and Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).
Inflected forms:
form: hungers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hungers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hungering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hungered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hungered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A need or compelling desire for food.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any strong desire or need.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: I have a hunger to win.
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!
When gangsters bump my shit, can they feel my hunger?
Putin's unwillingness to declare another partial reserve call up has created a wider manpower hunger in the Russian military and border service, and Putin alone maintains the ability to remedy this issue.
gloss: To be in need of food.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.
gloss: To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: I hungered for your love.
Blessed are they which doe hunger and thirst after righteousnesse: for they shall be filled.
In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
gloss: To make hungry; to famish.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
Antonyms: satiety
satiation
Related words: thirst
Derived words: air hunger
anti-hunger
antihunger
enhunger
father hunger
hanger
hungerbitten
hungerer
hungerful
hunger is a good sauce
hunger is the best pickle
hunger is the best sauce
hunger is the best seasoning
hunger is the best spice
hunger knock
hungerless
hungerly
hunger moon
hunger-pain
hunger pain
hunger pang
hunger sauce
hungersome
hunger stone
hunger strike
hungry
ravenous hunger
sex-hunger
shell hunger
skin hunger
ahungered
anhungered
forhungered
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: амла
roman: amla
lang: Afar
word: luwa
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕚
roman: bus
lang: Akan
word: ɔkɔm
lang: Albanian
word: uri
lang: Southern Altai
word: ач
roman: ač
lang: Andi
word: моко
roman: moko
lang: Arabic
word: جُوع
roman: jūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: جوع
roman: ḡūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: يوع
roman: yūʕ
lang: Aragonese
word: fambre
lang: Armenian
word: քաղց
roman: kʻaġcʻ
lang: Armenian
word: սով
roman: sov
lang: Aromanian
word: foami
lang: Assamese
word: ভোক
roman: bhük
lang: Asturian
word: fame
lang: Avar
word: ракъи
roman: raqxʼi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: aclıq
lang: Bangi
word: nzala
lang: Bashkir
word: аслыҡ
roman: aslıq
lang: Basque
word: gose
lang: Belarusian
word: го́лад
roman: hólad
lang: Bengali
word: খিদা
roman: khida
lang: Bengali
word: ভুখ
roman: bhukh
lang: Bengali
word: ক্ষুধা
roman: khudha
lang: Bengali
word: ভুক
roman: bhuk
lang: Breton
word: naon
lang: Bulgarian
word: глад
roman: glad
lang: Burmese
word: အငတ်
roman: a.ngat
lang: Burmese
word: အဆာ
roman: a.hca
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: го́лод
roman: hólod
lang: Catalan
word: gana
lang: Catalan
word: fam
lang: Cebuano
word: gutom
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵍⴰⵥ
roman: laẓ
lang: Chechen
word: мацалла
roman: macalla
lang: Chichewa
word: njala
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 飢餓 /饥饿
roman: jī'è
lang: Chukchi
word: гытъатгыргын
roman: gytʺatgyrgyn
lang: Chuvash
word: выҫӑ
roman: vyś̬ă
lang: Chuvash
word: выҫлӑх
roman: vyślăh
lang: Coptic
word: ϩⲕⲟ
roman: hko
lang: Cornish
word: nown
lang: Czech
word: hlad
lang: Dalmatian
word: fum
lang: Danish
word: sult
lang: Dutch
word: honger
lang: Dutch
word: trek
lang: Egyptian
word: H-q:r-A2
roman: ḥqr
lang: Esperanto
word: malsato
lang: Estonian
word: nälg
lang: Even
word: дьэмкэн
roman: ʒəmkən
lang: Evenki
word: дему
roman: ʒemu
lang: Faroese
word: hungur
lang: Faroese
word: svongd
lang: Faroese
word: svultur
lang: Finnish
word: nälkä
lang: French
word: faim
lang: West-Frisian
word: honger
lang: West-Frisian
word: hûnger
lang: Friulian
word: fan
lang: Galician
word: fame
lang: Galician
word: fame negra
lang: Galician
word: larota
lang: Galician
word: gatuza
lang: Galician
word: larica
lang: Galician
word: garula
lang: Galician
word: farca
lang: Galician
word: carpulla
lang: Galician
word: garita
lang: Georgian
word: შიმშილი
roman: šimšili
lang: German
word: Hunger
lang: Old High German
word: hungar
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃
roman: hūhrus
lang: Greek
word: πείνα
roman: peína
lang: Greek
word: λιγούρα
roman: ligoúra
lang: Greek
word: ασιτία
roman: asitía
lang: Greek
word: λιμός
roman: limós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πεῖνα
roman: peîna
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λιμός
roman: limós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σιτοδεία
roman: sitodeía
lang: Hadza
word: házze
lang: Haitian Creole
word: grangou
lang: Hebrew
word: רָעָב
roman: ra'áv
lang: Hindi
word: भूख
roman: bhūkh
lang: Hungarian
word: éhség
lang: Icelandic
word: hungur
lang: Icelandic
word: sultur
lang: Ido
word: hungro
lang: Indonesian
word: lapar
lang: Ingrian
word: nälkä
lang: Ingush
word: мецавалар
roman: mecavalar
lang: Interlingua
word: fame
lang: Irish
word: ocras
lang: Istriot
word: fan
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: fome
lang: Italian
word: fame
lang: Japanese
word: 飢え
roman: ue
lang: Japanese
word: 空腹
roman: kūfuku
lang: Japanese
word: 飢餓
roman: kiga
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: fómi
lang: Kapampangan
word: danup
lang: Kapampangan
word: keranupan
lang: Kazakh
word: аштық
roman: aştyq
lang: Khakas
word: ас
roman: as
lang: Khalaj
word: âç
lang: Kikuyu
word: ng'aragu
lang: Kongo
word: nzala
lang: Korean
word: 굶주림
roman: gumjurim
lang: Korean
word: 배고픔
roman: baegopeum
lang: Central Kurdish
word: برس
roman: birs
lang: Central Kurdish
word: برسێتی
roman: birsêtî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: birçîtî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ачтык
roman: actık
lang: Latgalian
word: olkonums
lang: Latgalian
word: bods
lang: Latin
word: famēs
lang: Latvian
word: bads
lang: Lingala
word: nzala
lang: Lithuanian
word: alkis
lang: Lombard
word: famm
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: fim
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: gran-gou
lang: Luba-Kasai
word: nzala
lang: Luba-Katanga
word: nzala
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Honger
lang: Macedonian
word: глад
roman: glad
lang: Malay
word: lapar
lang: Maltese
word: ġuħ
lang: Manx
word: accrys
lang: Maranao
word: gotem
lang: Marathi
word: भूख
roman: bhūkh
lang: Mongolian
word: өлсгөлөн
roman: ölsgölön
lang: Navajo
word: dichin
lang: Nepali
word: भोक
roman: bhok
lang: Norman
word: fôim
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sult
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hunger
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: svolt
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hunger
lang: Occitan
word: fam
lang: Odia
word: ଭୋକ
roman: bhoka
lang: Church Slavic
word: гладъ
roman: gladŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: голодъ
roman: golodŭ
lang: Old English
word: hungor
lang: Old Norse
word: hungr
lang: Old Turkic
word: 𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴
roman: āčsïq
lang: Ossetian
word: стонг
roman: stong
lang: Papiamentu
word: hamber
lang: Pashto
word: لوږه
roman: lwᶕɀa
lang: Persian
word: گرسنگی
roman: gorosnegi
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hunga
lang: Polish
word: głód
lang: Portuguese
word: fome
lang: Quechua
word: yarqay
lang: Rohingya
word: búk
lang: Romagnol
word: fâm
lang: Romani
word: bokh
lang: Romanian
word: foame
lang: Romansh
word: fom
lang: Russian
word: го́лод
roman: gólod
lang: Saho
word: luwa
lang: Northern Sami
word: nealgi
lang: Sango
word: nzala
lang: Sanskrit
word: बुभुक्षा
roman: bubhukṣā
lang: Sardinian
word: fàmene
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: acras
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: глад
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: glad
lang: Sicilian
word: fami
lang: Sindhi
word: بک
roman: bkh
lang: Slovak
word: hlad
lang: Slovene
word: lakota
lang: Somali
word: gaajo
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: głod
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: hłód
lang: Spanish
word: hambre
lang: Spanish
word: gazuza
lang: Spanish
word: gusa
lang: Spanish
word: fambre (desus.)
lang: Spanish
word: fiaca
lang: Spanish
word: hambrosio
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: angri
lang: Swahili
word: njaa
lang: Swahili
word: unenge
lang: Swedish
word: hunger
lang: Tajik
word: гуруснагӣ
roman: gurusnagi
lang: Tamil
word: பசி
roman: paci
lang: Tatar
word: ачлык
roman: açlıq
lang: Telugu
word: ఆకలి
roman: ākali
lang: Tetum
word: laha
lang: Tetum
word: hamlaha
lang: Thai
word: ความหิว
roman: kwaam-hǐu
lang: Tocharian B
word: kest
lang: Tumbuka
word: njala
lang: Turkish
word: açlık
lang: Turkish
word: aç
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آجلق
roman: aclık
lang: Turkmen
word: açlyk
lang: Turkmen
word: aaçlyk
lang: Tuvan
word: аш
roman: aş
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎗𐎙𐎁𐎐
roman: rġbn
lang: Ukrainian
word: го́лод
roman: hólod
lang: Unami
word: kahtupuwakàn
lang: Urdu
word: بھوک
roman: bhūk
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاچلىق
roman: achliq
lang: Uzbek
word: ochlik
lang: Venetan
word: fan
lang: Vietnamese
word: đói
lang: Vili
word: nzala
lang: Votic
word: nälče
lang: Walloon
word: fwin
lang: Welsh
word: newyn
lang: Yakut
word: аас
roman: aas
lang: Yiddish
word: הונגער
roman: hunger
lang: Zhuang
word: iek