dräng
Luxembourgish
Verb
dräng
North Frisian
Etymology
Possibly from Danish dreng. Cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian dring.
Pronunciation
Noun
dräng m (plural dränge)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish drænger (“young man, boy, servant”), from Old Norse drengr (“boy; log, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. See also Danish dreng (“boy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dräng c
- A hired agricultural worker; farmhand.
- Efter skörden bjöd man drängarna på öl och nybakt kornbröd.
- After the harvest the farmhands were treated to beer and fresh baked barley bread.
- A person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; goon, lackey, stooge.
- Din far en av hemliga polisens betalda drängar.
- Your father was one of the stooges of the secret police.
- (archaic) Male person who has not yet reached manhood; boy.
Declension
Declension of dräng | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dräng | drängen | drängar | drängarna |
Genitive | drängs | drängens | drängars | drängarnas |
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