Polyglot Dictionary

hungrig

/ˈhʊŋʁɪç/

adjective A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. hungry

    Built from Hunger (hunger) + -ig; often Hunger haben is used instead of hungrig sein in everyday speech.

    • Bist du hungrig?

      Are you hungry?

Made of

  • Hunger hunger

Similar words

leer

Close, figuratively — "an empty stomach" means being hungry.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

hambriento

hambriento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hungry."

Portuguese

faminto

faminto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hungry."

Practice

1 What does hungrig mean?

2 Fill the gap: Bist du ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hungrig?

See also

adjectivecompoundcore-vocabulary

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