gäng

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See also: Geng, geng, gēng, gěng, gèng, and ging

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gang. Compare Norwegian Bokmål gjeng, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Noun

gäng n

  1. a gang
    ett kriminellt gäng
    a criminal gang
  2. a group, a bunch
    Vi är ett gäng killar som brukar gå dit
    We're a group of guys who often go there
  3. (colloquial) a bunch (of items)
Declension
Declension of gäng
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gäng gängs
definite gänget gängets
plural indefinite gäng gängs
definite gängen gängens
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Finnish: jengi
See also

References 1

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish gänger, from Old Norse gengr, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz. Compare Icelandic gengr, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Adjective

gäng (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) viable, valid, which works

References 2

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