trång
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish þranger, from Old Norse þrǫngr, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to push, press”). Cognate with English throng, Icelandic þröngur, Nynorsk trong, German dringen.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
trång (comparative trängre, superlative trängst)
- tight, narrow, cramped (not able to comfortably accommodate someone/something)
- en trång öppning
- a narrow opening
- Det är för trångt. Vi kommer inte igenom.
- It's too tight. We can't get through.
- krypa genom en trång grottunnel
- crawl through a tight cave tunnel
- en trång lägenhet
- a cramped apartment
- Det var trångt om plats kring bordet
- Space was tight around the table
Declension edit
| Inflection of trång | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | trång | trängre | trängst |
| Neuter singular | trångt | trängre | trängst |
| Plural | trånga | trängre | trängst |
| Masculine plural3 | trånga | trängre | trängst |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | trånge | trängre | trängste |
| All | trånga | trängre | trängsta |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
| Inflection of trång | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | trång | trångare | trångast |
| Neuter singular | trångt | trångare | trångast |
| Plural | trånga | trångare | trångast |
| Masculine plural3 | trånge | trångare | trångast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | trånge | trångare | trångaste |
| All | trånga | trångare | trångaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||