An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Jünger

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Jünger masculine, ‘disciple,’ properly the comparative of jung, used as a substantive; compare Middle High German jünger, Old High German jungiro, ‘disciple, pupil, apprentice’; the word (as the antithesis to Herr, Old High German hêrro) is probably derived from the Old Teutonic feudal system. —