lång

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lang"

Cimbrian

Adjective

lång

  1. long

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish langer, from Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos. Compare English long, Dutch lang, German lang.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lång (comparative längre, superlative längst)

  1. long (in distance or time)
    Det var en väldigt lång film.
    That was a very long movie.
  2. tall (about a person)

Declension

Inflection of lång
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lång längre längst
Neuter singular långt längre längst
Plural långa längre längst
Masculine plural3 långa längre längst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 långe längre längste
All långa längre längsta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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