Polyglot Dictionary

Hunger

/ˈhʊŋɐ/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. hunger

    Almost always used with haben: "Hunger haben" (to be hungry).

    • Ich habe großen Hunger.

      I'm very hungry.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

faim

faim is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hunger."

Portuguese

fome

fome is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hunger."

Practice

1 What does Hunger mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe großen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hunger?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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