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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ganger, from Old Norse gangr, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
gång c
- walking
Efter en timmes gång kom de fram- After an hour of walking, they arrived
Om tusen gående personer går förbi så kommer man se mycket gång (gående is more idiomatic)- If a thousand walking people walk by, you will see a lot of walking
- (uncountable) manner of walk, gait
- a path, a walkway (in a park or garden)
- Hypernym: stråk (“walking path”)
- Coordinate term: gångbana (“pedestrian path; pavement”)
- an aisle (corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale)
- a passage, a corridor (tunnel-like passage or narrow corridor)
underjordiska gångar- underground passages
en hemlig gång- a secret passage
- (sports, uncountable) race walking
- (uncountable) the continuous running of something, such as a machinery or time.
- time (the number of times something happens)
Han gjorde det inte en gång, utan tre gånger- He did it not once, but three times (thrice)
En gång i tiden […]- Once upon a time
- (literally, “One time in the time ”)
En gång är ingen gång, två gånger en vana- One time is no time, two times a habit
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