langer

See also: Langer, lánger, and länger

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include:

• from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India
• from languor
• from lang, variant of long
• from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam
• from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈlæŋəɹ/
• Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
• Homophones: Langer

Noun

langer (plural langers)

1. (slang, Ireland, derogatory) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
2. (slang, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, used in Cork) A person from south county Dublin.
   • 1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, →ISBN, page 8:

     "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer!"

   • 2006, September 3, Brendan O'Connor Roy: the discreet object of our desire, Irish Independent:

     And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black slang to be "street".

   • 2006 November 22, Hurling abuse when there’s no team in sight, Irish Independent:

     "Langers boy, every wan of ‘em. Golfers are only langers. They’re only golfing cos they can’t hurl. Anyone that golfs in Cork is only a failed hurler and a langer, boy. "

3. (slang, Ireland, vulgar) Penis.
   • 2006, Eoin Colfer, “Taking on PJ”, in Ken Bruen, editor, Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, →ISBN, page 23:

     Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely.

   • 2005, Fergal Keane, All of These People: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 88:

     He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.

Usage notes

• Originally from Dublin but enjoyed immense popularity in County Cork

Synonyms

• (annoying or contemptible person): dickhead, knob, asshole, shithead, wanker
• (penis): See also Thesaurus:penis

Derived terms

• langers, langered, acting the langer, langerload

Anagrams

• Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, angler, erlang, gen'ral, largen, rangle, regnal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋər

Adjective

langer

1. comparative degree of lang

French

Etymology

Related to langes (“swaddling clothes”).

Verb

langer

1. to diaper (to put diapers on someone)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written lange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of langer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	langer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	langeant /lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		langé /lɑ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lange /lɑ̃ʒ/	langes /lɑ̃ʒ/	lange /lɑ̃ʒ/	langeons /lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	langez /lɑ̃.ʒe/	langent /lɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	langeais /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/	langeais /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/	langeait /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/	langions /lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	langiez /lɑ̃.ʒje/	langeaient /lɑ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	langeai /lɑ̃.ʒe/	langeas /lɑ̃.ʒa/	langea /lɑ̃.ʒa/	langeâmes /lɑ̃.ʒam/	langeâtes /lɑ̃.ʒat/	langèrent /lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	langerai /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	langeras /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	langera /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	langerons /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	langerez /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	langeront /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	langerais /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	langerais /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	langerait /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	langerions /lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	langeriez /lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	langeraient /lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lange /lɑ̃ʒ/	langes /lɑ̃ʒ/	lange /lɑ̃ʒ/	langions /lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	langiez /lɑ̃.ʒje/	langent /lɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	langeasse /lɑ̃.ʒas/	langeasses /lɑ̃.ʒas/	langeât /lɑ̃.ʒa/	langeassions /lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	langeassiez /lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/	langeassent /lɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lange /lɑ̃ʒ/	—	langeons /lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	langez /lɑ̃.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “langer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• glaner

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋɐ/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

langer

1. inflection of lang:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

See also

• langar (Nynorsk)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlâŋ.ŋər/, [ˈlɑ̂ŋ.ŋəɾ], [ˈlɑ̂ŋ.ŋəʁ]

Etymology 1

lange (“send, deal”) +‎ -er (“-er”, agent nominalization suffix)

Noun

langer m (definite singular langeren, indefinite plural langere, definite plural langerne)

1. dealer, peddler; someone who deals or peddles
   1. drug dealer; someone who deals narcotics

Etymology 2

Verb

langer

1. present of lange

References

• “langer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “langer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Adjective

langer

1. long

Declension

Declension of langer (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	langer	lang	langt
accusative	langan	langa	langt
dative	langum langom	langri langre	langu lango
genitive	langs	langrar	langs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	langir langer	langar	lang
accusative	langa	langar	lang
dative	langum langom	langum langom	langum langom
genitive	langra langa	langra langa	langra langa

Declension of langer (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	langi lange	langa	langa
accusative	langa	langu lango	langa
dative	langa	langu lango	langa
genitive	langa	langu lango	langa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	langu lango	langu lango	langu lango
accusative	langu lango	langu lango	langu lango
dative	langu lango	langu lango	langu lango
genitive	langu lango	langu lango	langu lango

Descendants

• Swedish: lång

Scots

Adjective

langer

1. comparative degree of lang

Adverb

langer

1. comparative degree of lang