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German
Etymology
links + Gang
Pronunciation
Noun
Linksgang m (strong, genitive Linksganges, plural Linksgänge)
- left-handed screw thread or furrow
- Coordinate term: Rechtsgang
1795, Philipp Andreas Nemnich, Philipp Andr. Nemnich's Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklärenden Anmerkungen, volume 2, Nemnich, →OCLC:[…] , Coquilles à contresens; So heissen diejenigen Schnecken, welche ihre Mündung auf der linken seite haben, so dass die Windungen von der Rechten zur Linken in die Höhesteigen; Gänge heissen alsdann Linksgänge (sinistri s contrarii anfractus; Tours gauches).- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension