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tung.

heavy

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈtˢɔŋˀ]

  1. heavy

  2. dark, gloomy, heavy (about skies etc.)

  3. heavy, arduous

  4. important, major

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish thung, from Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”), cf. Lithuanian tingùs (“heavy”), Russian тя́жкий (tjážkij, “hard”).

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