"Zonk" meaning in Luxembourgish

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Noun

IPA: /tsoŋk/ Forms: Zénk [plural]
Rhymes: -oŋk Etymology: From Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”). Cognate with German Zaun (“fence”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), English town. Since Luxembourgish velarises Middle High German -ūn-, -iun- only in open syllables, the expected nominative singular would be *Zaun. The form Zonk is a backformation from the dative singular *Zong by analogy with such words as Spronk (from Middle High German sprunc, dative sprunge). Eventually the final -k was generalised also in the plural; likely to avoid homophony with zéng (“ten”). The Rheinisches Wörterbuch still attests singular Zonk with plural Zéng for the region of Bitburg. Etymology templates: {{inh|lb|gmh|zūn}} Middle High German zūn, {{inh|lb|goh|zūn}} Old High German zūn, {{inh|lb|gem-pro|*tūną|t=enclosure}} Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”), {{cog|de|Zaun|t=fence}} German Zaun (“fence”), {{cog|nl|tuin|t=garden}} Dutch tuin (“garden”), {{cog|en|town}} English town, {{m+|gmh||-ūn-, -iun-}} Middle High German -ūn-, -iun-, {{m+|gmh|sprunc}} Middle High German sprunc Head templates: {{lb-noun|m|Zénk}} Zonk m (plural Zénk)
  1. fence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Zonk-lb-noun-hzRusoI1 Categories (other): Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tūną",
        "t": "enclosure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zaun",
        "t": "fence"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zaun (“fence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tuin",
        "t": "garden"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tuin (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "town"
      },
      "expansion": "English town",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ūn-, -iun-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -ūn-, -iun-",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "sprunc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sprunc",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”). Cognate with German Zaun (“fence”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), English town.\nSince Luxembourgish velarises Middle High German -ūn-, -iun- only in open syllables, the expected nominative singular would be *Zaun. The form Zonk is a backformation from the dative singular *Zong by analogy with such words as Spronk (from Middle High German sprunc, dative sprunge). Eventually the final -k was generalised also in the plural; likely to avoid homophony with zéng (“ten”). The Rheinisches Wörterbuch still attests singular Zonk with plural Zéng for the region of Bitburg.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zénk",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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      },
      "expansion": "Zonk m (plural Zénk)",
      "name": "lb-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Luxembourgish",
  "lang_code": "lb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "fence"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zonk-lb-noun-hzRusoI1",
      "links": [
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tsoŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zonk"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zūn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zūn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tūną",
        "t": "enclosure"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zaun",
        "t": "fence"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zaun (“fence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tuin",
        "t": "garden"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tuin (“garden”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "town"
      },
      "expansion": "English town",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ūn-, -iun-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -ūn-, -iun-",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "sprunc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German sprunc",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“enclosure”). Cognate with German Zaun (“fence”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), English town.\nSince Luxembourgish velarises Middle High German -ūn-, -iun- only in open syllables, the expected nominative singular would be *Zaun. The form Zonk is a backformation from the dative singular *Zong by analogy with such words as Spronk (from Middle High German sprunc, dative sprunge). Eventually the final -k was generalised also in the plural; likely to avoid homophony with zéng (“ten”). The Rheinisches Wörterbuch still attests singular Zonk with plural Zéng for the region of Bitburg.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Luxembourgish lemmas",
        "Luxembourgish masculine nouns",
        "Luxembourgish nouns",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        "Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oŋk",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "fence"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tsoŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oŋk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zonk"
}

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