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wrang
From written Dutch wrang. Doublet of vrank (“tart, sour”), which is the more strictly native form.
wrang (attributive wrang or wrange, comparative wranger, superlative wrangste)
From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.
wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)
| Inflection of wrang | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | wrang | |||
| inflected | wrange | |||
| comparative | wranger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | wrang | wranger | het wrangst het wrangste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | wrange | wrangere | wrangste |
| n. sing. | wrang | wranger | wrangste | |
| plural | wrange | wrangere | wrangste | |
| definite | wrange | wrangere | wrangste | |
| partitive | wrangs | wrangers | — | |
wrang
From Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, from *wrangaz (“crooked, bent, curved”). Compare Alemannic German Rang (“convolution, bend”), Old Norse vröng (“a ship's rib”) (whence Icelandic röng, Old Norwegian vrǫng).
wrang m
Attested in later OE. Pons-Sanz and R. Dance argue that it's a native word inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, and only the meaning was acquired from Old Norse rangr by Middle English.
wrang n
wrang
wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)
wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)
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