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• IPA^(key): [ˈɔŋə]

From Old Norse ungi, derived from the adjective ungr (“young”).

unge c (singular definite ungen, plural indefinite unger)

1. young one (offspring of animals)
2. (colloquial) kid
3. (colloquial) brat (a spoiled kid)

• dyreunge
• fugleunge
• møgunge
• få unger

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

unge

1. plural of ung

• IPA^(key): /ˈun.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -undʒe
• Hyphenation: ùn‧ge

unge

1. third-person singular present indicative of ungere

• ugne

unge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ungō

unge

1. definite singular of ung
2. plural of ung

From Old Norse ungi.

unge m (definite singular ungen, indefinite plural unger, definite plural ungene)

1. child
2. offspring
3. young (of animals)

• (child): barn

• “unge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²ʊŋ.ŋə/, /²ʊɲ.jə/

From Old Norse ungi.

• onge, ungje, unje

unge m (definite singular ungen, indefinite plural ungar, definite plural ungane)

1. child
2. offspring

• (child): barn

unge

1. definite singular of ung
2. plural of ung

• “unge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ugne

unge

1. inflection of ungir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Latin ungere, from earlier unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”). Compare Aromanian ungu.

a unge (third-person singular present unge, past participle uns, third-person subjunctive ungă) 3rd conjugation

1. to smear
2. to rub in (oil), grease, oil, lubricate

• ungere
• unsoare

• unt
• untură

unge

1. inflection of ungir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /²ˈɵŋːɛ/, [ˈɵ̌ŋːɛ]

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• Hyphenation: ung‧e

unge

1. definite natural masculine singular of ung

From Old Norse ungi.

unge c

1. a young, a baby (offspring of animals)

   djurungar ― baby animals (literally, “animal youngs”)

   Alla däggdjur utom kloakdjuren föder levande ungar

   All mammals except [the] monotremes give birth to live young

   1. a cub

      Björnar kan bli aggressiva när de skyddar sina ungar

      Bears can become aggressive when protecting their cubs

2. (slightly colloquial) a kid, a child

   Synonyms: telning, barn

   Har du sett min unge?

   Have you seen my kid?

   • 1965, Thore Skogman, “Pop opp i topp [Pop (Up) to the Top]”‎^[1]performed by Thore Skogman and Lill-Babs:

     Världen är full av elektriska gäng. Alla har drabbats av samma refräng. Och allting ska göras med watt och med volt. Och ungarna börjar när de går i kolt.

     The world is full of electric gangs. Everyone has been struck by the same refrain. And everything is to [shall] be done with watts and with volts. And the kids start when they're in frocks [when they walk in frock]. [along with various variations of pop (pop) and topp (top) and pop i topp (pop on top / pop at the top)]

   • 1984, “Vargsången [The Wolf Song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)‎^[2]performed by Lena Nyman:

     Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.

     The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot ["He wants to but cannot sleep" – "He wants to X" is "Han vill X"]. [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey [du (“you”) can be used as a vocative] wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child ["the child mine" – an alternative to "min unge" (my child) for expressing possession. Compare "the child of mine." kid feels off here.] you will never have.

• “unge”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

West Makian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : unge     Adverbial : maunge

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ŋe/

unge (inanimate iunge, animate dimaunge, polite goiunge)

1. three

   ini unge ― the three of you

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics