jongen
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noun
- a boy, any male child
- in the pluralmembers of a male 'peers' group, e.g. a military unit
- informal, used in the plural, used in the vocativeInformal term used to address multiple children of masculine or mixed gender; kids, guysmay be considered insufficiently gender-inclusive
- colloquial, used in the vocativeColloquial term used by men to address other familiar men; mate, dude, bro
- familiara male servant, especially but not exclusively a younger oneusing it for older men may be dated and offensive
- familiara male trainee or newcomer in a job
verb
- intransitiveto give birth, to have offspring, i.e. to deliver one or more young
- figuratively, intransitiveto multiply, grow
Forms
noun
| plural | jongens |
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| diminutive neuter | jongetje |
Present
| I | jong |
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| you | jongt / jong |
| he, she, it | jongt |
Other forms
| infinitive | jongen |
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| past participle | gejongd |
| gerund | jongen |
| present participle | jongend |
More forms are in the app.