jonk

Etymology

From Dutch jong, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/

Adjective

jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)

1. young
2. recent

Alternative forms

• jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)

1. (many dialects) young

   Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.

   He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *laank), -k has sometimes been generalized after short vowels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/
• Rhymes: -oŋk

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk, superlative am jéngsten or am jénksten)

1. young

   Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.

   I asked a young man who gave me directions.