wrang
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɹæŋ/
Audio (GA) (file) - Homophone: rang
- Rhymes: -æŋ
Verb Edit
wrang
Afrikaans Edit
Etymology Edit
From written Dutch wrang. Doublet of vrank (“tart, sour”), which is the more strictly native form.
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Adjective Edit
wrang (attributive wrang or wrange, comparative wranger, superlative wrangste)
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.
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Adjective Edit
wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)
- astringent (mouthfeel), tart
Inflection Edit
Inflection of wrang | ||||
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uninflected | wrang | |||
inflected | wrange | |||
comparative | wranger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | wrang | wranger | het wrangst het wrangste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | wrange | wrangere | wrangste |
n. sing. | wrang | wranger | wrangste | |
plural | wrange | wrangere | wrangste | |
definite | wrange | wrangere | wrangste | |
partitive | wrangs | wrangers | — |
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German Edit
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wrang
Old English Edit
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Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, from *wrangaz (“crooked, bent, curved”). Compare Alemannic German Rang (“convolution, bend”), Old Norse vröng (“a ship's rib”) (whence Icelandic röng, Old Norwegian vrǫng).
Noun Edit
wrang m
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Descendants Edit
- Middle English: wrang, wrong, wrange, wronge (merged with descendant of wranga)
- ⇒ Middle English: wrangel
Etymology 2 Edit
Attested in later OE. Pons-Sanz and R. Dance argue that it's a native word inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, and only the meaning was acquired from Old Norse rangr by Middle English.
Noun Edit
wrang n
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wrang
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Scots Edit
Adjective Edit
wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)
Adverb Edit
wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)
Verb Edit
wrang
- simple past tense of wring