lång

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lang"

Cimbrian

Adjective

lång

1. long

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish langer, from Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos. Compare English long, Dutch lang, German lang.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

lång (comparative längre, superlative längst)

1. long (in distance or time)

   Det var en väldigt lång film.

   That was a very long movie.

2. tall (about a person)

Declension

Inflection of lång
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	lång	längre	längst
Neuter singular	långt	längre	längst
Plural	långa	längre	längst
Masculine plural3	långa	längre	längst
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	långe	längre	längste
All	långa	längre	längsta
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

Antonyms

• kort

Derived terms

• långsökt
• långvarig

Further reading

• lång in Svensk ordbok.