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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German langen, from Old High German langēn, from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną.
Verb
langen (weak, third-person singular present langt, past tense langte, past participle gelangt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, southern) to reach for something, to grab
- Synonym: greifen
- (colloquial, southern) to pass, to hand something to someone
- Synonym: reichen
- (colloquial, southern) to suffice, to be enough
- Synonyms: ausreichen, reichen, genügen
Mir langt's.- I've had enough
Conjugation
Conjugation of
langen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
langen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
langen
- inflection of lang:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
- “langen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “langen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “langen” in Duden online
- “langen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *langon, from Proto-West Germanic *langijan.
Verb
langen
- to be/become long
- to lengthen, to make longer
- to touch
- to hand, to pass, to reach in order to give
- (impersonal) to long
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading