dräng

See also: drang, Drang, drâng, and -drang

Luxembourgish

Verb

dräng

1. second-person singular imperative of drängen

North Frisian

Etymology

Possibly from Danish dreng. Cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian dring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛŋ/

Noun

dräng m (plural dränge)

1. (Mooring) boy

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

• IPA^(key): /drɛŋː/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Noun

dräng c

1. (somewhat dated) a farmhand (hired agricultural worker)

   drängen Alfred i Emil i Lönneberga

   the farmhand Alfred in Emil i Lönneberga

   Efter skörden bjöd man drängarna på öl och nybakt kornbröd.

   After the harvest the farmhands were treated to beer and fresh baked barley bread.

2. a person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; a goon, a lackey, a stooge.

   Din far var en av hemliga polisens betalada drängar.

   Your father was one of the stooges of the secret police.

3. (archaic) a male person who has not yet reached manhood; a boy.

Declension

Declension of dräng
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dräng	drängen	drängar	drängarna
Genitive	drängs	drängens	drängars	drängarnas

Derived terms

• drängstuga
• drängtjänst

Descendants

• → Finnish: renki
  • → Ingrian: trenki

See also

• bonde (“farmer”)

References

• dräng in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dräng in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dräng in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gränd