jonger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Chinese 麻將 / 麻将bor.

English mahjongclip.

English jong

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English jonger

From jong + -er.

Noun

jonger (plural jongers)

1. (slang, mahjong) A mahjong player
   • 2020 October 19, @GingerDisruptif, Twitter‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 9 September 2026:

     Muh fellow jongers, do you listen to music while playing?

   • 2025 April 1, @tiggyshiba.bsky.social, Bluesky‎^[2] (post), archived from the original on 10 September 2026:

     The Jonger... 🀄️🀄️🀄️

   • 2025 June 21, Deleted user, r/Shadowverse‎^[3] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 9 September 2026:

     I'm a jonger, not a card gamer

Afrikaans

Adjective

jonger

1. comparative degree of jonk

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋər

Adjective

jonger

1. comparative degree of jong

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• jonge

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch jonger (“boy”), variant of jongen (also jong). Derived from the comparative jonger (“younger”), cf. standard Dutch jongere (“youth, adolescent”). The plural jongers also appears in Dutch dialects with singular jong(en) by analogy with kind > kinders etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔŋ.ər/

Noun

jonger (plural jongers)

1. boy, male kid, son
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     En kääd'l had twî jongers; […]

     A man had two sons. […]

Luxembourgish

Adjective

jonger

1. feminine dative of jong