onger

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • onner (eastern Moselle Franconian)
  • enner (western Moselle Franoncian; with umlaut)
  • unger (Kölsch)

Etymology

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From Old High German *undar, northern variant of untar.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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onger (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (Ripuarian) under; beneath

Derived terms

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  • deronger
  • ongerm (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)
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Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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onger (German-based spelling)

  1. under, downwards
  2. (postpositional) (to) under (implying motion)

Preposition

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onger (+ dative or accusative) (German-based spelling)

  1. under
  2. below
  3. among, between

Usage notes

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  • The preposition onger is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.
  • The preposition onger triggers the d/g-switch in definite articles that immediately follow the preposition in dialects where this switch occurs.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Middle High German unger. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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onger m

  1. Hungarian

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: Honger, Onger

Further reading

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