"-ung" meaning in Old English

See -ung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /unɡ/, [uŋɡ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ungō. Cognate with Old Saxon -unga (Low German -inge, -ing), Old Dutch -inga, -unga (Dutch -ing), Old High German -unga (German -ung), Old Norse -ung, -ing (Swedish -ing). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-ungu}} Proto-West Germanic *-ungu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-ungō}} Proto-Germanic *-ungō, {{cog|osx|-unga}} Old Saxon -unga, {{cog|nds|-inge}} Low German -inge, {{cog|odt|-inga}} Old Dutch -inga, {{cog|nl|-ing}} Dutch -ing, {{cog|goh|-unga}} Old High German -unga, {{cog|de|-ung}} German -ung, {{cog|non|-ung}} Old Norse -ung, {{cog|sv|-ing}} Swedish -ing Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|g=f|head=-ung}} -ung f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|-ung}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-ung|-unga,-unge|-unge|-unga,-unge|-unge|-unga|-unge|-ungum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ung [nominative, singular], -unga [nominative, plural], -unge [nominative, plural], -unge [accusative, singular], -unga [accusative, plural], -unge [accusative, plural], -unge [genitive, singular], -unga [genitive, plural], -unge [dative, singular], -ungum [dative, plural]
  1. forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action or an instance of it; or denoting a substance involved in the verbal action Tags: feminine, morpheme

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "-ung",
            "3": "-unge",
            "4": "-unge",
            "5": "-inge",
            "6": "-ing"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: -ung, -unge, -unge, -inge, -ing",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -ung, -unge, -unge, -inge, -ing"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ing"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ing",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ungu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ungu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ungō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ungō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "-unga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -unga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-inge"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -inge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "-inga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch -inga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ing",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-unga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -unga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse -ung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish -ing",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ungō.\nCognate with Old Saxon -unga (Low German -inge, -ing), Old Dutch -inga, -unga (Dutch -ing), Old High German -unga (German -ung), Old Norse -ung, -ing (Swedish -ing).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ungum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "-ung f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ung"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ung",
        "2": "-unga,-unge",
        "3": "-unge",
        "4": "-unga,-unge",
        "5": "-unge",
        "6": "-unga",
        "7": "-unge",
        "8": "-ungum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action or an instance of it; or denoting a substance involved in the verbal action"
      ],
      "id": "en--ung-ang-suffix-SpDca7N7",
      "links": [
        [
          "nouns",
          "nouns"
        ],
        [
          "verbs",
          "verbs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/unɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[uŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ung"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "-ung",
            "3": "-unge",
            "4": "-unge",
            "5": "-inge",
            "6": "-ing"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: -ung, -unge, -unge, -inge, -ing",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -ung, -unge, -unge, -inge, -ing"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ing"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ing",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ungu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ungu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ungō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ungō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "-unga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon -unga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-inge"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -inge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "-inga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch -inga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ing",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-unga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -unga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse -ung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-ing"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish -ing",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ungō.\nCognate with Old Saxon -unga (Low German -inge, -ing), Old Dutch -inga, -unga (Dutch -ing), Old High German -unga (German -ung), Old Norse -ung, -ing (Swedish -ing).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-unge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ungum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "-ung f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ung"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ung",
        "2": "-unga,-unge",
        "3": "-unge",
        "4": "-unga,-unge",
        "5": "-unge",
        "6": "-unga",
        "7": "-unge",
        "8": "-ungum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine suffixes",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English suffixes",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Old English ō-stem nouns",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action or an instance of it; or denoting a substance involved in the verbal action"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nouns",
          "nouns"
        ],
        [
          "verbs",
          "verbs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/unɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[uŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ung"
}

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