Zunge

See also: zunge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

Germanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).

Non-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsʊŋə/

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Noun

Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n)

1. tongue (organ in the mouth)
2. tongue (flap in a shoe)
3. (archaic) language

   Menschen anderer Zunge ― foreigners (literally, “people of another language”)

   in Zungen reden ― to speak in tongues

Declension

Declension of Zunge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zunge	die	Zungen
genitive	einer	der	Zunge	der	Zungen
dative	einer	der	Zunge	den	Zungen
accusative	eine	die	Zunge	die	Zungen

Derived terms

• (Compounds) Zungenblüte, Zungenbrecher, Zungenfehler, zungenförmig, Zungenkuss, Zungenlaut, Zungen-R, Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenrückenlaut, Zungenschlag, Zungenspitze, Zungenspitzenlaut, Zungenwurzel

Related terms

• Züngelchen
• -züngig
• Zünglein

Further reading

• “Zunge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zunge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zunge” in Duden online
• Zunge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suŋə/

Noun

Zunge f

1. plural of Zung

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Zunge

1. plural of Zung