ganga

See also: Ganga, gāngà, gänga, and gånga

English

Etymology

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

Noun

ganga (plural gangas)

1. (dated) sandgrouse

Anagrams

• A-gang, Gaang

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛŋka/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋka

Verb

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

1. to walk

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ganga

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infinitive	ganga
present participle	gangandi
past participle a26	gingin
supine	gingið
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	gangi	gongur	gongur	ganga
past	gekk	gekst	gekk	gingu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	gakk!	—	gangið!

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French

Etymology

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃ɡa/

Noun

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

Anagrams

• gagna

Further reading

• “ganga” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkauŋka/
• Rhymes: -auŋka

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga.

Verb

ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

1. (intransitive) to walk, to ride on shanks' mare ^syn.

   Hvert viltu ganga?

   Where do you want to walk to?

2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run

   Gengur klukkan?

   Does the clock work?

3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go

   Hreinsunin gengur vel.

   The cleaning is going well.

4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

   Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?

   Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

Conjugation

ganga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ganga
supine (sagnbót)		gengið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gangandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég geng	við göngum	present (nútíð)	ég gangi	við göngum
	þú gengur	þið gangið		þú gangir	þið gangið
	hann, hún, það gengur	þeir, þær, þau ganga		hann, hún, það gangi	þeir, þær, þau gangi
past (þátíð)	ég gekk	við gengum	past (þátíð)	ég gengi	við gengjum
	þú gekkst	þið genguð		þú gengir	þið gengjuð
	hann, hún, það gekk	þeir, þær, þau gengu		hann, hún, það gengi	þeir, þær, þau gengju
imperative (boðháttur)	gakk (þú)	gangið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gakktu	gangiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

gangast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gangast
supine (sagnbót)		gangist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gangandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gengst	við göngumst	present (nútíð)	ég gangist	við göngumst
	þú gengst	þið gangist		þú gangist	þið gangist
	hann, hún, það gengst	þeir, þær, þau gangast		hann, hún, það gangist	þeir, þær, þau gangist
past (þátíð)	ég gekkst	við gengumst	past (þátíð)	ég gengist	við gengjumst
	þú gekkst	þið gengust		þú gengist	þið gengjust
	hann, hún, það gekkst	þeir, þær, þau gengust		hann, hún, það gengist	þeir, þær, þau gengjust
imperative (boðháttur)	gangst (þú)	gangist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gangstu	gangisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

genginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	genginn	gengin	gengið		gengnir	gengnar	gengin
accusative (þolfall)	genginn	gengna	gengið		gengna	gengnar	gengin
dative (þágufall)	gengnum	genginni	gengnu		gengnum	gengnum	gengnum
genitive (eignarfall)	gengins	gengnnar	gengins		genginna	genginna	genginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gengni	gengna	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
accusative (þolfall)	gengna	gengnu	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
dative (þágufall)	gengna	gengnu	gengna		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu
genitive (eignarfall)	gengna	gengnu	gengnu		gengnu	gengnu	gengnu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ganga eins og í sögu
• ganga úr skugga um
• gangi þér vel

• gangur
• -gengill
• ganga (noun)

Synonyms

• (to ride on shanks' mare): ^def. fara á tveimur jafnfljótum

Noun

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike
2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

Declension

declension of ganga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ganga	gangan	göngur	göngurnar
accusative	göngu	gönguna	göngur	göngurnar
dative	göngu	göngunni	göngum	göngunum
genitive	göngu	göngunnar	gangna	gangnanna

Synonyms

• gönguferð

Derived terms

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

Noun

ganga

1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa/, [ˈɡäŋɡä]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Stress: gànga
• Hyphenation: gan‧ga

Noun

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. (dated) Italianized form of gang
   1. (rare) A criminal group.
   2. (humorous) A group of people.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, past participle gjenge or gjengi, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by gå

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ̃ŋɡɑ/

Verb

ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)

1. to go, walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of ganga — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	ganga
present participle	gangandi
past participle	genginn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	geng	gekk
2nd-person singular	gengr	gekkst
3rd-person singular	gengr	gekk
1st-person plural	gǫngum	gengum
2nd-person plural	gangið	genguð
3rd-person plural	ganga	gengu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ganga	genga
2nd-person singular	gangir	gengir
3rd-person singular	gangi	gengi
1st-person plural	gangim	gengim
2nd-person plural	gangið	gengið
3rd-person plural	gangi	gengi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gang
1st-person plural	gǫngum
2nd-person plural	gangið

Conjugation of ganga — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	gangask
present participle	gangandisk
past participle	gengizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gengumk	gengumk
2nd-person singular	gengsk	gekkzk
3rd-person singular	gengsk	gekksk
1st-person plural	gǫngumsk	gengumsk
2nd-person plural	gangizk	genguzk
3rd-person plural	gangask	gengusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gǫngumk	gengumk
2nd-person singular	gangisk	gengisk
3rd-person singular	gangisk	gengisk
1st-person plural	gangimsk	gengimsk
2nd-person plural	gangizk	gengizk
3rd-person plural	gangisk	gengisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gangsk
1st-person plural	gǫngumsk
2nd-person plural	gangizk

Derived terms

• ganga af
• ganga aptr
• ganga at
• ganga á
• ganga eptir
• ganga frá

• ganga fram
• ganga fyrir
• ganga í
• ganga með
• ganga milli
• ganga móti

• ganga nær
• ganga saman
• ganga sundr
• ganga til
• ganga um
• ganga undan

• ganga undir
• ganga upp
• ganga við
• ganga yfir

Descendants

• Faroese: ganga
• Icelandic: ganga

• Norwegian: (archaic) ganga
• Swedish: (archaic) gånga (Old Swedish ganga)

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From French gangue.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

Synonyms

• (bagatelle): bagatela, bugiganga

Etymology 2

From Mandarin [Term?].

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. denim (textile)
2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)

Synonyms

• (denim): denim, jeans
• (jeans): jeans

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Imitative of the bird's shout.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)
2. bargain (advantageous purchase)

Usage notes

• Ganga is a false friend, and does not mean "gang". The words for “gang” in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

Synonyms

• (advantageous purchase): bicoca f

Etymology 2

From English gang

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

Synonyms

• pandilla
• mara

Etymology 3

From French gangue

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue