jongen

Dutch

Etymology

From jong (young). Cognate with German Junge.

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.ŋə(n)/
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  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.ŋə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: jon‧gen

Noun

jongen m (plural jongens, diminutive jongetje n)

  1. A boy, any male kid
  2. (in the plural: jongens) Members of a male 'peers' group, e.g. a military unit
  3. (slang, used in the vocative) colloquial term used by men to address other familiar men; mate, dude, bro

jongen

  1. Plural form of jong

Usage notes

The diminutive loses the -n.

Derived terms

See also

Noun

jongen

  1. Plural form of jong

Verb

jongen

  1. (intransitive) To give birth, have offspring, i.e. deliver one or more young
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To multiply, grow

Inflection

Inflection of jongen (weak)
infinitive jongen
past singular jongde
past participle gejongd
infinitive jongen
gerund jongen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular jong jongde
2nd person sing. (jij) jongt jongde
2nd person sing. (u) jongt jongde
2nd person sing. (gij) jongt jongde
3rd person singular jongt jongde
plural jongen jongden
subjunctive sing.1 jonge jongde
subjunctive plur.1 jongen jongden
imperative sing. jong
imperative plur.1 jongt
participles jongend gejongd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • aanjongen
  • uitjongen

See also


Luxembourgish

Adjective

jongen

  1. inflected form of jong
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