Tran

See also: tran, trán, trăn, Trần, trần, and trận

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹæn/

Proper noun

Tran (plural Trans)

1. A surname, from Vietnamese​.

Anagrams

• Tarn, ar'n't, arn't, rant, tRNA, tarn, trna

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trần.

Proper noun

Tran ?

1. A surname, from Vietnamese​.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trần.

Proper noun

Tran ?

1. A Vietnamese surname, from Vietnamese​.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʁaːn]

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• Hyphenation: Tran
• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German trān (“tear”), from Old Saxon *trahn, Proto-Germanic *trahnuz. Doublet of Träne.

Noun

Tran m (strong, genitive Tranes or Trans, plural Trane)

1. train oil; oil extracted from the fatty tissue (blubber) of certain polar mammals

   Synonym: Polaröl

Declension

Declension of Tran [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tran	die	Trane
genitive	eines	des	Tranes, Trans	der	Trane
dative	einem	dem	Tran, Trane1	den	Tranen
accusative	einen	den	Tran	die	Trane

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Descendants

• → Polish: tran

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 above in the sense of "drops (tears) of alcohol." Compare Träne.

Noun

Tran m (strong, genitive Tranes or Trans, plural Trane)

1. delirium (chiefly used in the expression im Tran)

Further reading

• Tran on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tran” in Duden online
• “Tran” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon