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jung

/jʊŋ/

jung is the alternative form of djong.

Meaning of djong

Noun

djong (plural djongs)

  1. (historical) An ancient kind of sailing ship originating from Java.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jung

Jung

  1. A surname from German.
    1. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology.
  2. A town in the Rural City of Horsham and the Shire of Yarriambiack, western Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jung

IPA/d͡ʒʌŋ/

Jung

  1. A surname from Korean.

Forms of jung

pluraljungs

Origin of jung

Borrowed from German Jung. Doublet of Young.

Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).

Words formed from jung

Questions about jung

What does jung mean?
Jung means a surname from German.
What is jung the alternative form of?
Jung is the alternative form of djong.
What part of speech is jung?
Jung is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jung?
Jung is pronounced /jʊŋ/.

Words near jung in the dictionary

  1. junegrasses
  2. Junes
  3. juneteenth
  4. juneteenths
  5. Juneuary
  6. jung
  7. Jungaburra
  8. jungalist
  9. jungalists
  10. Jungar
  11. Jungdahl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jung (page history and authors); Jung (page history and authors); djong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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