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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ranger. The railway sense may derive from German rangieren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌrɑnˈʒeː.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: ran‧ge‧ren
- Rhymes: -eːrən
Verb
rangeren
- (transitive, rail transport) to shunt, to marshal
1872, Jérome Alexandre Sillem, “Bibliographisch album”, in De Gids, volume 36, page 348:achter mij hoorde ik op korten afstand een schelle fluit, keek om en had juist den tijd om voor een locomotief uit den weg te springen, die daar aan 't rangeeren was van waggons.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, obsolete) to order, to arrange, e.g. in ranks
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References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press