lång

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Cimbrian

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Adjective

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lång

  1. long

References

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

Swedish

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en lång tusenfoting [a long millipede]

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /lɔŋː/
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Adjective

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lång (comparative längre, superlative längst)

  1. long (in length, distance, or time)
    ett långt staket
    a long fence
    en lång resa
    a long journey
    Det var en väldigt lång film
    That was a very long movie
  2. tall (of a human or other biped)
    Han är två meter lång
    He is two meters tall

Declension

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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

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