drang

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

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. barge pole, punting-pole
    Synonym: rrem
  2. wooden bar used to lock a gate
    Synonyms: shul, lloz
  3. pole, pikestaff
    Synonym: shkop
  4. (central Gheg, Mirditë) rolling-log
Declension
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Declension of drang
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drang drangu drangje drangjet
accusative drangun
dative drangu drangut drangjeve drangjeve
ablative drangjesh
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. (Gheg) animal young, cub, kitten
    Synonym: këlysh
  2. (Gheg, derogatory) spawn
    Synonym: pjellë
  3. (central Gheg, Mirditë) tom-kitten
Declension
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Declension of drang
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drang drangu drangje drangjet
accusative drangun
dative drangu drangut drangjeve drangjeve
ablative drangjesh

See also

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References

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  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, pages 142-3

Further reading

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  • “drang”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “drang”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “drang, drâng”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 81

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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drang m (plural drangen, diminutive drangetje n)

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

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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drang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of dringen
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