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hungern

to be hungry, go hungry, starve, to hunger for, crave

ˈh ʊ ŋ ə ʁ n
hunger hunger + n wir/sie present conjugation
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, present tense Uncommon #19,596
to be hungry, go hungry, starve Usually means to suffer from not having enough food, rather than simply to feel hungry.
GE: Wir hungern seit zwei Tagen.
EN: We have been going hungry for two days.
to hunger for, crave Figurative: used with “nach” to say you strongly want something.
GE: Viele Menschen hungern nach Anerkennung.
EN: Many people hunger for recognition.
Conjugation of hungern
hungern
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — hungern
Third — hungern
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — hungern
Third — hungern

Wir ertrinken in Informationen, aber wir hungern nach Wissen.

We are drowning in information, but we are hungry for knowledge.

Hunger wie hungern, also Leute, die hungern.

Hunger, as in starving, meaning people who are starving.

— Burning (2018)

Ich bin schon ganz dünn, weil ich so lange hungern musste.

I'm already very thin because I had to starve myself for so long.

— The Flowers of War (2011)

Sie werden nicht hungern müssen.

You won't have to go hungry.

— Der Zauber von Malèna (2000)

Wie lange musstest du hungern?

How long did you have to go hungry?

— Parasite (2019)

Viele Kinder in Amerika hungern, richtig?

Many children in America are starving, right?

— Crazy Rich (2018)

Eine ganze Provinz würde hungern oder sogar sterben.

An entire province would starve or even die.

— Jean Florette (1986)

Lieber hungern als borgen.

Better to starve than to borrow.

Wir werden nie hungern.

We will never go hungry.

— Lagaan - Es war einmal in Indien (2001)

Ich habe Kinder und Familien gesehen, die hungern.

I have seen children and families who are starving.

— The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

Ich will nie wieder hungern!

I never want to go hungry again!

— Ip Man (2008)

Wenn ich Dr. Wang hätte hungern lassen, hätte er Fengxia retten können.

If I had let Dr. Wang go hungry, he could have saved Fengxia.

— Leben! (1994)

Ich hoffe, dass keiner von Ihnen hungern muss.

I hope none of you will go hungry.

— The Flowers of War (2011)

Viele Menschen auf der Welt hungern.

Many people in the world are starving.

Und du hast Recht, ich würde meine fünf Kinder nicht hungern lassen.

And you're right, I wouldn't let my five children go hungry.

— Do the Right Thing (1989)