rangur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, whence also English wrong.

Adjective

rangur

1. wrong
2. wrong, bad
3. false, incorrect

Declension

rangur a13
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	rangur	rong	rangt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	rangan	ranga
Dative (hvørjumfall)	rongum	rangari	rongum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(rangs)	(rangar)	(rangs)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	rangir	rangar	rong
Accusative (hvønnfall)	rangar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	rongum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(ranga)

Weak adjectival inflection of rangur
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	rangi	ranga	ranga
Accusative (hvønnfall)	ranga	rongu
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	rongu
Accusative (hvønnfall)
Dative (hvørjumfall)
Genitive (hvørsfall)

Synonyms

• (wrong): órættur
• (bad): órættur
• (incorrect): skeivur

Antonyms

• rættur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, whence also English wrong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrauŋkʏr/

  Rhymes: -auŋkʏr

Adjective

rangur (comparative rangari, superlative rangastur)

1. wrong, incorrect, false

   Þetta er rangt svar.

   That answer is wrong.

2. wrong, bad (morally reprehensible)

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangur	röng	rangt
accusative	rangan	ranga	rangt
dative	röngum	rangri	röngu
genitive	rangs	rangrar	rangs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangir	rangar	röng
accusative	ranga	rangar	röng
dative	röngum	röngum	röngum
genitive	rangra	rangra	rangra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangi	ranga	ranga
accusative	ranga	röngu	ranga
dative	ranga	röngu	ranga
genitive	ranga	röngu	ranga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	röngu	röngu	röngu
accusative	röngu	röngu	röngu
dative	röngu	röngu	röngu
genitive	röngu	röngu	röngu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangari	rangari	rangara
accusative	rangari	rangari	rangara
dative	rangari	rangari	rangara
genitive	rangari	rangari	rangara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangari	rangari	rangari
accusative	rangari	rangari	rangari
dative	rangari	rangari	rangari
genitive	rangari	rangari	rangari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangastur	röngust	rangast
accusative	rangastan	rangasta	rangast
dative	röngustum	rangastri	röngustu
genitive	rangasts	rangastrar	rangasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangastir	rangastar	röngust
accusative	rangasta	rangastar	röngust
dative	röngustum	röngustum	röngustum
genitive	rangastra	rangastra	rangastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangasti	rangasta	rangasta
accusative	rangasta	röngustu	rangasta
dative	rangasta	röngustu	rangasta
genitive	rangasta	röngustu	rangasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	röngustu	röngustu	röngustu
accusative	röngustu	röngustu	röngustu
dative	röngustu	röngustu	röngustu
genitive	röngustu	röngustu	röngustu

Synonyms

• (wrong): óréttur
• (bad): óréttur
• (incorrect): ósannur

Antonyms

• (wrong): réttur

Derived terms

• hafa á röngu að standa
• hafa rangt fyrir sér