See also: Drang, drâng, dräng, and -drang

Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Albanian *dranga. Cognate with Old Norse drangr (stone pillar), Lithuanian dránga (perch, pole), Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ.[1]

Noun edit

drang m (plural drangje, definite drangu, definite plural drangjet)

  1. barge-pole, punting-pole
  2. wooden bar used to lock a gate
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Etymology 2 edit

From *drenk(ë), derivative of dre (deer) +‎ -kë (diminutive suffix).[2]

Noun edit

drang m (plural drangje, definite drangu, definite plural drangjet)

  1. (Gheg) animal young, cub, kitten
  2. (Gheg, derogatory) spawn
Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “drang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 142-3

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *thrang, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz. Related to dringen (from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną). Cognate with English throng, German Drang, Norwegian trang.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /drɑŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: drang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun edit

drang m (plural drangen, diminutive drangetje n)

  1. pressure
  2. urge, longing
  3. (archaic) throng, multitude, mass

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German edit

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Verb edit

drang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of dringen