דראָנג

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Polish drąg.

Noun

דראָנג • (drong) m, plural דראָנגען (drongen) or דרענגער (drenger), diminutive דרענגל (drengl)

pole
Synonyms: סלופּ (slup), סטויפּ (stoyp), פּאַליע (palye), פֿלאָקן (flokn)
bar
Synonyms: שטאַנג (shtang), פּרענט (prent)
(humorous) tall man
Synonym: דראָנגאַטש (drongatsh)
(informal) beanpole (tall person)
Synonyms: דאַרער דראָנדזשאַק (darer drondzhak), לאַנגער דראָנג (langer drong), לאַנגאָץ (langots)
(derogatory) blockhead, numbskull

Usage notes

דראָנגעס (dronges) may also be used as the plural form.

Derived terms

אויסציִען זיך ווי אַ דראָנג (oystsien zikh vi a drong, “to draw oneself up”)
דאַר ווי אַ דראָנג (dar vi a drong, “scrawny”)
דראָנגאַטש (drongatsh)
הויכשפּרינגען מיט אַ דראָנג (hoykhshpringen mit a drong, “to pole-vault (v.); pole-vaulting (n.)”)
לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (lang vi a drong), הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (hoykh vi a drong, “gangling”)
לאַנגער דראָנג (langer drong, “(humorous) a lanky man”)
אויסגעצויגן װי אַ דראָנג (oysgetsoygn vi a drong, “tall, skinny person”)
מזל פֿון אַ דראָנג (mazl fun a drong, “bad luck”)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “tall man (hum.)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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