gäng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gang"

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛŋː/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gang. Compare Norwegian Bokmål gjeng, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Noun

gäng n

1. a gang

   ett kriminellt gäng

   a criminal gang

2. a group, a bunch

   Vi är ett gäng killar som brukar gå dit

   We're a group of guys who often go there

3. (colloquial) a bunch (of items)

Declension

Declension of gäng

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gäng	gängs
	definite	gänget	gängets
plural	indefinite	gäng	gängs
	definite	gängen	gängens

Hyponyms

• fotbollsgäng
• hejargäng
• innegäng
• kamratgäng
• knarkargäng
• motorcykelgäng
• sportgäng
• ungdomsgäng

Derived terms

• gängkrig
• gängkriminalitet
• gängkriminell
• gängledare
• gängmentalitet
• gängmord
• gängvåld

Descendants

• → Finnish: jengi

See also

• gänga

References

• “gäng”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gäng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gäng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish gänger, from Old Norse gengr, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz. Compare Icelandic gengr, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Adjective

gäng (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) viable, valid, which works

References

• “gäng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)