hungry

Bedeutung (English)

1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
2. Causing hunger.
3. Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

Konzepte

hungrig

gierig

hungerte

gehungert

nüchtern

verhungert

verhungerte

Synonyms

starve

hunger

starving

famished

greedy

starved

empty

gluttonous

thirsty

get hungry

poor

peckish

athirst

go hungry

ravenous

be hungry

feel hunger

sharp-set

esurient

grow hungry

starveling

empty-bellied

unfed

be tired

eager for

empty stomach

half-starved

hungry for

I am hungry

thirst for

become hungry

desirous of consuming

shamelessly voracious

waiflike

scottied

avid

barren

be

covetous

delicious

😋

eager

famine

famish

fasting

favorite

feeble

gaunt

insatiable

insatiate

long for

pinched with hunger

pitiful

ravening

scarcity

skinny

underfed

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: hungry

Inherited from Altenglisch: hungriġ

Cognate with Westfriesisch: hongerich

Cognate with Niederländisch: hongerig

Cognate with Deutsch: hungrig

Cognate with Schwedisch: hungrig

Cognate with Isländisch: hungraður

In summary

From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).