zeng

See also: zéng, zèng, zēng, and zěng

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɛŋ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: zeng
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

From zengen.

Noun

zeng m (plural zengen, diminutive zengetje n)

  1. gust, windflaw

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zeng

  1. inflection of zengen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as zendül (“to produce a sound”) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: zeng
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

zeng

  1. (intransitive) to resound
  2. (transitive, poetic) to express something by singing and with music
  3. (transitive, literary) to praise someone or something in a song or a poem

Conjugation
conjugation of zeng
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengek zengsz zeng zengünk zengtek zengnek
Def. zengem zenged zengi zengjük zengitek zengik
2nd-p. o. zenglek ―
Past Indef. zengtem zengtél zengett zengtünk zengtetek zengtek
Def. zengtem zengted zengte zengtük zengtétek zengték
2nd-p. o. zengtelek ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengnék zengnél zengne zengnénk zengnétek zengnének
Def. zengném zengnéd zengné zengnénk
(or zengnők)		 zengnétek zengnék
2nd-p. o. zengnélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengjek zengj or
zengjél		 zengjen zengjünk zengjetek zengjenek
Def. zengjem zengd or
zengjed		 zengje zengjük zengjétek zengjék
2nd-p. o. zengjelek ―
Infinitive zengni zengnem zengned zengnie zengnünk zengnetek zengniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
zengés zengő zengett zengendő zengve zenghet

or

conjugation of zeng
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengek zengesz zeng zengünk zengetek zengenek
Def. zengem zenged zengi zengjük zengitek zengik
2nd-p. o. zengelek ―
Past Indef. zengettem zengettél zengett zengettünk zengettetek zengettek
Def. zengettem zengetted zengette zengettük zengettétek zengették
2nd-p. o. zengettelek ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengenék zengenél zengene zengenénk zengenétek zengenének
Def. zengeném zengenéd zengené zengenénk
(or zengenők)		 zengenétek zengenék
2nd-p. o. zengenélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. zengjek zengj or
zengjél		 zengjen zengjünk zengjetek zengjenek
Def. zengjem zengd or
zengjed		 zengje zengjük zengjétek zengjék
2nd-p. o. zengjelek ―
Infinitive zengeni zengenem zengened zengenie zengenünk zengenetek zengeniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
zengés zengő zengett zengendő zengve zenghet

Derived terms
  • zengedez
  • zenget
  • zengés
  • zengő
  • zengzetes
Compound words
  • zeng-bong
With verbal prefixes
  • átzeng
  • belezeng
  • bezeng
  • elzeng
  • felzeng
  • kizeng
  • körülzeng
  • összezeng
  • rázeng
  • telezeng
  • tovazeng
  • továbbzeng
  • túlzeng
  • végigzeng
  • visszazeng

References
  1. zeng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • zeng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

zeng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zěng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zèng.

Usage notes
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
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