Lunge

See also: lunge and lungë

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʊŋə/
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Hyphenation: Lun‧ge

Noun

Lunge f (genitive Lunge, plural Lungen)

(physiology) lung

Declension

Declension of Lunge

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lunge	die	Lungen
genitive	einer	der	Lunge	der	Lungen
dative	einer	der	Lunge	den	Lungen
accusative	eine	die	Lunge	die	Lungen

Derived terms

auf Lunge
Lungenader
Lungenarterie
Lungengläschen
Lungenemphysem
Lungenfisch
Lungenfunktion
lungengängig
lungenkrank
Lungenkrebs
Lungenschlagader
Lungentorpedo
Lungenzug

Related terms

lungern

Further reading

Lunge in Duden online

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