Feminine
Lunge
Meaning
lung, lungs
Concepts
brain as food
heart as food
kidney as food
liver as food
lung as food
stomach as food
tongue as food
Synonyms
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bloosbalg
Basel-Landschaft
bumpi
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Hyphenated as
Lun‧ge
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlʊŋə/
Etymology
From Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic *lungô (literally “the light organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Compare Dutch long, English lung, Danish lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga.
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