hungern
German
Etymology
From Hunger (“hunger”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋəʁn/, [ˈhʊŋɐn]
- Hyphenation: hun‧gern
Verb
hungern (weak, third-person singular present hungert, past tense hungerte, past participle gehungert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, with nach + dative) to hunger, to starve (for)
- Er hungert offensichtlich nach erwachsener Aufmerksamkeit, und bekommt es zuhause nicht.
- He's obviously starving for adult attention, and he's not getting it at home.
Conjugation
infinitive | hungern | ||||
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present participle | hungernd | ||||
past participle | gehungert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hungre ich hungere ich hunger |
wir hungern | i | ich hungere ich hungre |
wir hungern |
du hungerst | ihr hungert | du hungerest du hungrest |
ihr hungeret ihr hungret | ||
er hungert | sie hungern | er hungere er hungre |
sie hungern | ||
preterite | ich hungerte | wir hungerten | ii | ich hungerte1 | wir hungerten1 |
du hungertest | ihr hungertet | du hungertest1 | ihr hungertet1 | ||
er hungerte | sie hungerten | er hungerte1 | sie hungerten1 | ||
imperative | hungre (du) hunger (du) hungere (du) |
hungert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abhungern
- verhungern
Swedish
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