Fixed nominalisation ofMiddle High Germanjung(“young”), fromOld High Germanjung(“young”).
Already occasionally inMiddle High German[Term?], later gaining a fixed noun form based on itsweak nominative inflection (givingein Junge instead ofeinJunger). The recognition as the normal standard term for “boy” is based onCentral andLow German usage and has only fully asserted itself during the 20th century (compareKnabe). The now quite common plural formJungs (Jungens) is also fromGerman Low German[Term?].
Cognate withEnglishyoung(noun).
Junge m (weak,genitiveJungen,pluralJungenorJungsorJungens,diminutiveJünglein norJüngelchen norJüngchen nor(rare, often poetic)Jüngelein n)
Junge n
Fromjung(“young”), comparable toDutchjongen.
Junge m(German Low German)
This noun needs aninflection-table template (South- or Southeastwestphalian).
