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
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋən

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
present tense past tense
1st person singular jongjongde
2nd person sing. (jij) jongtjongde
2nd person sing. (u) jongtjongde
2nd person sing. (gij) jongtjongde
3rd person singular jongtjongde
plural jongenjongden
subjunctive sing.1 jongejongde
subjunctive plur.1 jongenjongden
imperative sing. jong
imperative plur.1 jongt
participles jongendgejongd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • aanjongen
  • uitjongen

See also


Luxembourgish

Adjective

jongen

  1. inflection of jong:
    1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
    2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong/weak dative plural
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