bäng
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tavringer Romani beng, bäng (“devil, satan”), from Romani beng (“devil”). Related to Sanskrit व्यङ्ग (vyaṅga, “speckled, deformed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bäng (comparative mer bäng, superlative mest bäng)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of bäng | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | bäng | mer bäng | mest bäng |
Neuter singular | bängt | mer bängt | mest bängt |
Plural | bänga | mer bänga | mest bänga |
Masculine plural3 | bänge | mer bänga | mest bänga |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | bänge | mer bänge | mest bänge |
All | bänga | mer bänga | mest bänga |
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 |
Noun
[edit]bäng c
- (slang, dated) the police
- Synonyms: Farbror Blå, snuten
Usage notes
[edit]Usually only in the definite form bängen.
Declension
[edit]Declension of bäng | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | bäng | bängen | — | — |
Genitive | bängs | bängens | — | — |
References
[edit]- Gerd Carling (2005) “bäng”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 76
- Slangopedia