gäng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gang"

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛŋː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gang. Compare Norwegian Bokmål gjeng, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Noun

gäng n

  1. a gang
    ett kriminellt gäng
    a criminal gang
  2. a group, a bunch
    Vi är ett gäng killar som brukar gå dit
    We're a group of guys who often go there
  3. (colloquial) a bunch (of items)
Declension
Declension of gäng
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gäng gängs
definite gänget gängets
plural indefinite gäng gängs
definite gängen gängens
Hyponyms
  • fotbollsgäng
  • hejargäng
  • innegäng
  • kamratgäng
  • knarkargäng
  • motorcykelgäng
  • sportgäng
  • ungdomsgäng
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Finnish: jengi
See also

References 1

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish gänger, from Old Norse gengr, from Proto-Germanic *gangiz. Compare Icelandic gengr, Norwegian Nynorsk gjeng and Danish gæng.

Adjective

gäng (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) viable, valid, which works

References 2