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undergang

undergang verb: to undergo; pass through; endure.

Verb

undergang (third-person singular simple present undergangs, present participle underganging, simple past and past participle underganged)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare) To undergo; pass through; endure.

Noun

undergang (plural undergangs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare) A passage beneath any obstruction, e.g. a roadway tunnel beneath a railway, etc.

Antonyms of undergang

Forms of undergang

Verb
third-person singular presentundergangs
present participleunderganging
past participleunderganged
pastunderganged
Noun
pluralundergangs

Origin of undergang

From Middle English undergangen (“to undego, endure, be baptised”), from Old English undergangan (“to undergo”); equivalent to under- + gang (“to walk, step, go”).

Words formed from undergang

Questions about undergang

What does undergang mean?
Undergang means to undergo; pass through; endure.
What part of speech is undergang?
Undergang can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of undergang?
The past tense of undergang is underganged.

Words near undergang in the dictionary

  1. undergained
  2. undergaining
  3. undergains
  4. undergamekeeper
  5. undergamekeepers
  6. undergang
  7. underganged
  8. underganging
  9. undergangs
  10. undergaoler
  11. undergaolers

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