lüng
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- lung (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
- long (Halligen)
Etymology
From Old Frisian long, from Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”).
Adjective
lüng (comparative leenger, superlative leengst)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | lüng | |||
| attributive | ||||
| independent | lüngen | lüng | lüngen | |
| partitive | lüngs | — | ||
| comparative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | leenger | |||
| attributive | ||||
| independent | leengeren | leenger | leengeren | |
| partitive | leengers | — | ||
| superlative | ||||
| predicative / adverbial | am leengsten | |||
| attributive | leengst | |||
| independent | — | leengst | leengsten | |