# Hunger vs hungern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hunger
*noun · IPA [ˈhʊŋɐ] · frequency rank #2,831*
Verlangen nach Essen

### hungern
*verb · IPA [ˈhʊŋɐn] · frequency rank #18,930*
Hunger haben, hungrig sein

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hunger-vs-hungern