onger

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoŋʌ/

Preposition

onger (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (Ripuarian) under; beneath

Derived terms

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

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ŋəʁ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋəʁ

Adverb

onger (German-based spelling)

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

Preposition

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

  1. under
  2. below
  3. among, between

Usage notes

  • 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

Derived terms

  • deronger
  • onger-
  • onge

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

onger m

  1. Hungarian

Derived terms

  • ongersch

Descendants

  • Dutch: Honger, Onger

Further reading

  • onger”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “onger (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.