kränga

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See also: kranga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krängia, from Old Norse krinkr, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz (circle, ring).

Verb

kränga (present kränger, preterite krängde, supine krängt, imperative kräng)

  1. to heel, to careen
    Fartyget krängde åt babord
    The ship heeled to port
  2. (often with a particle specifying a direction, like or av) to pull (something) over something (or the reverse), with some difficulty, with a wriggling motion or the like, usually of putting on or taking off clothes or putting tires on rims
    Han krängde på sig våtdräkten
    He squeezed himself into the wetsuit / wrangled into the wetsuit
    Hon krängde på sig ryggsäcken
    She hoisted the backpack onto her back
    Han krängde av sig sin trikå
    He peeled himself out of his tights
    kränga ett däck på en fälg
    put a tire on a rim
  3. (slang) to sell
  4. (slang) to eat

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