Plautdietsch

Noun

Tunge

1. plural of Tung

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tunge, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ. More at tongue.

Noun

Tunge f

1. (anatomy) tongue

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔnɡə/, [ˈtˢɔŋə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish tungæ, Old Norse tunga, Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‎(“tongue”).

Noun

tunge c (singular definite tungen, plural indefinite tunger)

1. tongue (anatomy)
2. sole (fish)
3. language
   • 1856, Frederik E. Schiern, Historiske studier, page 86

     Men da ei Grunden blev tilstrækkelig / For Folkets Antal, drog de over til / Det sorte Bjerg, ja til det hvide Land, / Hvor, skjult bag ved en evig Muur af Iis, / Et andet Folk med anden Tunge taler.

     But when the place was insufficient / For the numbers of the people, they went to / The black mountain, yes, to the white land, / Where, hidden behind an eternal wall of ice, / Another people in another tongue speaks.

   • 2014, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, Rosinante & Co (ISBN 9788763836302)

     Deres høvding havde talt til ham i hans eget folks sprog og forklaret mange ting, som det var vanskeligt at udtrykke i en anden tunge.

     Their chief had spoken to him in his own [not the chief's] people's language and explained many things that would have been difficult to express in another tongue.

Inflection

Etymology 2

See tung ‎(“heavy”).

Adjective

tunge

1. definite of tung
2. plural of tung

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuŋːeˣ/
• Hyphenation: tun‧ge

Verb

tunge

1. Indicative present connegative form of tunkea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tunkea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tunkea.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

tunge

1. definite singular of tung
2. plural of tung

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tunga

Noun

tunge f, m ‎(definite singular tunga or tungen, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)

1. a tongue

Derived terms

• tungetale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): tunga

Etymology

From Old Norse tunga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊŋɡә/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

tunge f ‎(definite singular tunga, indefinite plural tunger, definite plural tungene)

1. tongue (organ)

   Menneske kan smaka med tunga.

   Humans can taste with their tongue.

2. something that resembles a tongue (organ)

Derived terms

• tungetale

Adjective

tunge

1. singular definite of tung
2. plural of tung

References

• “tunge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

tunge f

1. a tongue
2. a language

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: tonge, tunge, tung
  • English: tongue
  • Scots: tung, tong, tongue

Swedish

Adjective

tunge

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of tung.