hunger
English
/ˈhʌŋɡə/, /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A need or compelling desire for food.
- (by extension) Any strong desire.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hunger inherited from Old English hungor (famine, hunger, desire) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hungruz (hunger) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (hunger, desire, burn, thirst, smart, dry, pain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kenk-
Gloss
hunger, desire, burn, thirst, smart, dry, pain
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
痛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ahungry English
- anhungry English
- anti-hunger English
- antihunger English
- bitten English
- bloodhungry English
- cumhungry English
- enhunger English
- forhunger English
- hunger stone English
- hungerbitten English
- hungerer English
- hungerest English
- hungereth English
- hungerful English
- hungerless English
- hungerlessness English
- hungerly English
- hungersome English
- hungrily English
- hungriness English
- hungry English
- nonhungry English
- overhungry English
- unhungry English
- cinctus Latin
- cingere Latin
- cingo Latin
- cingō, cingere Latin
- Bärenhunger German
- Hunger German
- Hungerhaken German
- Hungerharke German
- Hungerkünstler German
- Hungerleider German
- Hungersnot German
- Hungerstein German
- Hungertod German
- Hungertuch German
- Hungerwinter German
- aushungern German
- hungern German
- hungrig German
- verhungern German
- honger Dutch, Flemish
- hongerdood Dutch, Flemish
- hongerhormoon Dutch, Flemish
- hongerig Dutch, Flemish
- hongerloon Dutch, Flemish
- hongeroedeem Dutch, Flemish
- hongersnood Dutch, Flemish
- hongerstaker Dutch, Flemish
- hongerstaking Dutch, Flemish
- κάγκανος Ancient Greek
- κῐ́κῐννος Ancient Greek
- *kenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *hanhaz Proto-Germanic
- *hungruz Proto-Germanic
- hunger Swedish
- hungersnöd Swedish
- hungor Old English
- forhungren Middle English
- hunger Middle English
- hungere Middle English
- hungre Middle English
- hungren Middle English
- hungry Middle English
- hungr Old Norse
- hungur Icelandic
- honger Middle Dutch
- hungar Old High German
- hungrar Ido
- hungro Ido
- honger Afrikaans
- hunger Middle High German
- Honger Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hongereg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hungr gmw-pro
- hunger Old Dutch
- hunger Middle Low German
- hummar Cimbrian
- hangre Tok Pisin
- Hunger Low German
- Hungersnoot Low German
- hanggre Bislama
- angre Torres Strait Creole