dräng

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See also: drang, Drang, drâng, and -drang

Luxembourgish

Verb

dräng

  1. second-person singular imperative of drängen

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from or related with Danish dreng.

Pronunciation

Noun

dräng m (plural dränge)

  1. (Mooring) boy

See also

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish drænger (“young man, boy, servant”), from Old Norse drengr (“boy; log, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. See also Danish dreng (“boy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dräng c

  1. (somewhat dated) a farmhand (hired agricultural worker)
    drängen Alfred i Emil i Lönneberga
    the farmhand Alfred in Emil i Lönneberga
    Efter skörden bjöd man drängarna på öl och nybakt kornbröd.
    After the harvest the farmhands were treated to beer and fresh baked barley bread.
  2. a person hired to do menial or questionable tasks; a goon, a lackey, a stooge.
    Din far var en av hemliga polisens betalada drängar.
    Your father was one of the stooges of the secret police.
  3. (archaic) a male person who has not yet reached manhood; a boy.

Declension

Declension of dräng
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dräng drängs
definite drängen drängens
plural indefinite drängar drängars
definite drängarna drängarnas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: renki

See also

References

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