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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɔŋ/
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Noun

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gång c

  1. walking
    Efter en timmes gång kom de fram
    After an hour of walking, they arrived
    Om tusen gående personer går förbi så kommer man se mycket gång (gående is more idiomatic)
    If a thousand walking people walk by, you will see a lot of walking
  2. (uncountable) manner of walk, gait
    hans haltande gång
    his limping gait
  3. a path, a walkway (in a park or garden)
    Hypernym: stråk (walking path)
    Coordinate term: gångbana (pedestrian path; pavement)
    grusgång
    gravel path
  4. an aisle (corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale)
  5. a passage, a corridor (tunnel-like passage or narrow corridor)
    underjordiska gångar
    underground passages
    en hemlig gång
    a secret passage
  6. (sports, uncountable) race walking
  7. (uncountable) the continuous running of something, such as a machinery or time

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Noun

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gång c

  1. a time (occasion of a particular thing happening or being the case)
    Han gjorde det inte en gång, utan tre gånger
    He did it not once [one time], but three times
    En gång är ingen gång, två gånger en vana
    One time is no time, two times a habit
    Är det första gången du är här?
    Is this your first time here?
    (literally, “Is it the first time you are here?”)
    Nej, jag har varit här två gånger tidigare
    No, I have been here two times before
    Vi besökte museet två gånger. Ena gången gick vi, andra gången tog vi bussen.
    We visited the museum twice [two times]. [The] one time we walked, the other time we took the bus.
    Could also be put as "första gången" (the first time), like in English. "Ena gången" (the one time) and "andra gången" (the other/second time) implies two times.
    Jag försökte en gång till, och den här gången gick det
    I tried once more [one more time], and this time [definite is used with "den här/där" (this/that)] it worked ["and this time it went" – compare "that won't go" in English]
    Det var en gång ett troll som bodde i en grotta
    Once upon a time, there was a troll who lived in a cave
    (literally, “There was once [one time] a troll who lived in a cave”)
    The traditional opening to fairy tales. Not used otherwise, unless imitating fairy tales.
    En gång i tiden var byn en idyllisk plats, men det var innan fabriken byggdes
    Once upon a time [one time in [the] time], the village was an idyllic place, but that was before the factory was built
    "Once upon a time" more generally and not just as an opening to fairy tales.

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  • gånger (times (multiplied by))

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